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Figure (Archer (bocage))
Ralph Salt
1816-1825
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Ralph Salt (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.066
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.066
Object Name
Figure (Archer (bocage))
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Creator (Role)
Ralph Salt (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1816-1825
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of the base
Inscription: "ARCHER" is impressed
Type: Label
Location: Interior of base
Inscription: Bernard collection label bearing number "40"
Type: Label
Location: Interior of base
Inscription: Dealer's label: "EDE'S WALLINGTON/ Name...Little Shoppe/ Number...4073/25"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Rural pursuits
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Press-molded
- Extruded
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
7.2 (H) x 5.6 (W) x 2.7 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.2 (H) x 14.1 (W) x 6.8 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Closely similar Archer shown with male Sporsman, mate: p. 187, no. 171, polychrome enameled earthenware, Staffordshire, c. 1825.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Similar examples: pl. 63 p. 228 for similar example and pl.59 and p.237, the latter is marked "SALT" and cruder example.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Beddoe, Stella. 1990 Circus & Sport: English Earthenware Figures, 1780-1840.
• Similar example: pl. 51.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Similar figure marked "SALT": p. 197, with differnt painted details and impressed "ARCHAR" (sic); see p. 198 for model variations.