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Figure (Village Maid (bocage))
The Village Maid
Obediah Sherratt
1825-1835
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Obediah Sherratt (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.055
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.055
Object Name
Figure (Village Maid (bocage))
Title
The Village Maid
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Creator (Role)
Obediah Sherratt (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1825-1835
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White, rectangular label with "373" in pencil
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of base
Inscription: "THE/ VILLAGE MAID" painted in black block letters, "chaps" painted in black on the top of each page of the open book
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Press-molded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
12.248 (H) x 5.25 (W) x 5.256 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.11 (H) x 13.335 (W) x 13.35 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Similarly modeled figure entitled "THE READING MAID" on table base: p. 268, c. 1825-30Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Example in part possibly from same mold, differently painted, impressed "VILAGE MAID": p. 209, no. 202, attributed to the Sherratt pot bank, c. 1830. Discusses period thoughts re village maids and association with youthful innocence.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Very different models after same design source: p. 110, impressed "Tittensor" with arched bocage, c. 1810-1825; p. 183, with mate (boy), no bocages, c. 1820-30Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Similar figure, with no title; possibly different base: p. 184, different painted floral details. For varient form, see p. 185.