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Temperance: C.36-1930

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Temperance

Maker(s)

Factory: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)

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Description

Earthenware figure decorated with coloured lead-glazes

Notes

History note: John Henry Taylor (1849-1930); sold Sotheby's, 14 November 1930, 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, lot 597

Legal notes

Purchased with the Glaisher Fund

Place(s) associated

  • Burslem ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1930-11-14) by Sotheby's

Dating

Late 18th century
George III
Circa 1782 - Circa 1795

Note

Probably made at Burlsem in the factory of Ralph Wood II (d. 1795), or possibly his son Ralph Wood III (d. 1805) or Ralph's brother John Wood (d. 1797) at Brownhills.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lead-glaze

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.36-1930
Primary reference Number: 74676
Glaisher Addition number: GL.Add.5-1930
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 8 March 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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