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Figure group (Bull baiting)
1800-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.077
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.077
Object Name
Figure group (Bull baiting)
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1800-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Interior of base
Inscription: Bernard collection label with number "201"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Sporting events
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Extruded
- Press-molded
Dimensions (inches)
5.3 (H) x 7.2 (W) x 4 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.5 (H) x 18.2 (W) x 10 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Beddoe, Stella. 1990 Circus & Sport: English Earthenware Figures, 1780-1840.
• Similar figure group: p. 55, pl. 46.Book: Lewis, John & Lewis, Griselda. 1984 Pratt Ware: English and Scottish relief decorated and underglaze colored earthenware 1780-1840.
• Generally similar model bull bating group in "pratt" colors: p. 280, fig. 66, c. 1790Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Possibly from same mold: p. 58, 1780-1800, noting John Wood's account book for 11 February (year?), for sale to Mr. Samuel Ward "2 coloured bulls with dogs 1.8d"Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• Meissen porcelain version of similar subject with three dogs: London, December 9, 2009, lot 119, c. 1745-50, modeled by J. J. Kaendler, executed in several variations.Book: Hall, John. 1972 Staffordshire Portrait Figures.
• Example of a different style bull baiting figure on p.25, plate 12.