Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)
Titles
Shepherdess
Maker(s)
Potter:
Wood, Ralph, II
(Probably)
Potter:
Wood, Ralph, III
Entities
Categories
Description
Lead-glazed earthenware figure
Notes
History note: F. Smiths (?), Blackpool; Alfred Harburn, MPS, Bishop Auckland; John Henry Taylor (1849-1930); sold Sotheby's, 14th November 1930, lot 587. Catalogue of the Valuable Collections of English Pottery & Porcelain, Glass, Objects of Vertu and Furniture, the Property of the late John Henry Taylor, Esq., Newstead, Birstall, Leicestershire
Legal notes
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 15.9 cm
5.6
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measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1930-11-14)
by
Sotheby's
Dating
18th Century, Late
Circa
1787
-
Circa
1801
Note
Probably made by Ralph Wood II, or possibly his son Ralph Wood III. Or perhaps by Ralph II's brother, John Wood
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( clear blue tinted, and blue, green, yellow, pale manganese-brown, pale greenish-brown, and dark brown)
Base
Width 5 cm
Materials used in production
cream
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with clear blue tinted, and blue, green, yellow, pale manganese-brown, pale greenish-brown, and dark brown lead glazes. The figure is unglazed and hollow underneath. The shepherdess stands on a brown rocky base with a green flower on the front. She stands with her feet slightly apart facing towards the viewer. She holds a blue spotted bundle in her left hand, and has her right hand raised to hold her crook (missing). She wears a green hat, a blue stomacher, a green open robe over a white petticoat, and dark brown shoes.
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: circular white paper label for a pill box printed in black with hand-written inscription above
- Text: 30.10.23/A very rare/ figure probably a/shepherdess/R. Wood/F Smiths [?], Blackpool handwritten over printed ALFRED HARBURN, M.P.S./..../CHEMI /16 Street, Bishop Auckland
- Location: Inside the lower part
- Method of creation: Printed and hand-written in black ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.35-1930
Primary reference Number: 74642
Glaisher Addition number: GL.Add.9-1930
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024
Last processed: Tuesday 15 July 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
