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Figure group (Bull baiting with dogs and man)
1820-1835
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2002.0030.078
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Thomas N. and A. Pat Bernard
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Object Number
2002.0030.078
Object Name
Figure group (Bull baiting with dogs and man)
Category
Ceramics - Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norton Bernard Collection of English Pottery Figures
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1820-1835
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Bernard collection label with number "380"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Blue print dealer's label: "JONATHAN HORNE/ ANTIQUES/ "KENSINGTON CHURCH ST./ LONDON W8 4BY/ TELEPHONE 01- 221- 5658"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: White label with black ink writing: "F426/28"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Sporting events
- Sports
- Fishing
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Dimensions (inches)
9.3 (H) x 15 (W) x 6 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23.5 (H) x 38 (W) x 15.2 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Published: p. 183, no. 165, mentions Winterthur example.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2006 People, Passions, Pasttimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835.
• Very similar bull and dogs on table base inscribed "BULL BEATING" and "NOW CAPTIN / LAD": p. 137, with bull possibly painted by same hand as Winterthur's.Book: Schkolne, Myrna. 2014 Holding the Past: The William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection of Early English Pottery Figures.
• Similar figure groups on different bases: pp. 182-83, no. 165, impressed "BULL BEATING" and "NOW CAPTIN LAD," with similarly modeled bull, dog and man on table base, attributed to "Sherratt" pot bank, Staffordshire, c. 1830; no. 166, with similarly modeled bull and dog (no man) on low rectangular base, Staffordshire, c. 1815Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Beddoe, Stella. 1990 Circus & Sport: English Earthenware Figures, 1780-1840.
• Similar example: p. 56, pl. 47.Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. 1991 English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840.
• Bull-baiting groups: pp. 233, col. pl. 67 and pp. 264, 265.Book: Lewis, John & Lewis, Griselda. 1984 Pratt Ware: English and Scottish relief decorated and underglaze colored earthenware 1780-1840.
• Different model bull bating group in "pratt" colors: p. 280, fig. 66, c. 1790Catalogue: Sotheby's (auction catalogue).
• Same group on table base inscribed "POLITOS ROYAL MENAGERIE OF THE WONDERFULL BURDS AND BEASTS FROM MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD LION & C.": Sotheby's (NY), October 6, 2006, lot 227, c. 1830-35, see this record, Notes.Book: Hall, John. 1972 Staffordshire Portrait Figures.
• Similar bull baiting figure: p.25, plate 12.