15929966260001312637261000Standard Recordobject-74928170249436724216884816650001702494121150fitz-onlineadlib-object-74928https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74928b20ad0ff-3791-3121-b8f0-c099471aea8517referenceagent-150717adlib-agent-150717282d232a-1fb9-3f51-8378-bca15247004dSt Georgereferenceterm-108657adlib-term-108657c170cd8e-fc63-3446-81a4-6682b5979808lead-glazed earthenwarereferenceterm-140823adlib-term-140823d8ebcbe4-8f97-333b-a11d-95895ceb405fcoloured glazed figuresDecorationin green, yellow, greyish-brown, and brown lead-glazesreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingApplied Artsearthenware decorated with coloured lead glazesCream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with yellow, green, greyish-brown and brown lead-glazes. The underside of the base is open and unglazed, and has six ventilation holes in its sides and one in the centre. The figures are supported on a roughly oval rocky mound base with a tree stump in the middle. St George rides Roman fashion without stirrups on a spirited horse moving to the viewer's right with its tail streaming out behind. He wears a semblance of Roman military costume with a plumed helmet, and a long sash across his breastplate. He looks downwards and turns towards the viewer with both hands raised to grasp a spear (now missing) with which he is attacking the green and yellow dragon which writhes on the ground below him with its head raised and jaws open.referenceexhibition-3289adlib-exhibition-3289e3d18b43-4d2f-3529-85f8-2d3c69c7b281Twelve Coins Twelve StoriesC.40-19301accession numberC.40-193074928priref74928193019301930Glaisher Addition numberGl. Add. 4-1930urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74928https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74928referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPurchased with the Glaisher Fundreferenceagent-150858adlib-agent-150858d36d1847-4d6a-33eb-974b-f4b061db49f9Sotheby's193019301930-11-14bought17821782CE1782circa1782179511795CE1795circa1795probablypotterreferenceagent-167262adlib-agent-167262b4ed69e6-df29-3832-a345-808895b7e3cdWood, Ralph, IIperhapspotterreferenceagent-167264adlib-agent-1672646a2b8eeb-a521-3b17-97f1-8406e17a53a5Wood, Ralph, IIIColoured glazed figures were probably introduced about 1780. The lead glazes, coloured with metallic oxides to produced green, yellow, brown, blue and grey, were painted onto the once-fired model, which was then fired again. The clear glaze over the flesh areas often had a slight green or blue tinge, and the latter may be very pronounced. There were numerous models, mainly of rural, classical and biblical subjects or animals.The model for this splendid group of St George and the Dragon may have been inspired by a bronze by Francesco Fanelli (c. 1580-c. 1661), who worked in England during the reign of Charles I. It was in production by 16 November 1783 when an invoice in the Wedgwood archives records the sale by Ralph Wood to Josiah and Thomas Wedgwood of several figures including a dozen 'George & Dragons' at 2s. each. (Wedgwood MSS, 11496-12). Ralph Wood had returned to Burslem in the March 1782 after his business as a pottery dealer in Bristol ended in bankruptcy. After clearing his debts, he seems to have set up as a potter in Burslem by the late summer, as he supplied a small number of figures to Josiah Wedgwood in August 1782, and probably continued to produce them until his death in 1795 when his son Ralph III took over his factory. An example of this group has been recorded with the mark 'Ra. Wood/Burslem', and another marked 'R. WOOD'.referenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-108171adlib-term-108171c943fe08-bd72-32ab-823c-e1eeb56717b3literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionBurslemgreen, yellow, greyish-brown, and brownreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareHeightcm25Lengthcm21.6referencemedia-43751adlib-media-43751c6f20c7c-ddd4-378b-97b2-4c56dc49fbecjpegaa/aa19/C_40_1930_283_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels62716162770921111imagejpegaa/aa19/mid_C_40_1930_283_29.jpg1heightpixels606widthpixels50016162770921111imagejpegaa/aa19/C_40_1930_283_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels62716162770921111imagejpegaa/aa19/preview_C_40_1930_283_29.jpg1heightpixels303widthpixels25016162770921111image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure grouphistory noteJohn 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 580.1referenceobject-75031adlib-object-75031ae406aba-ab16-32c3-a4eb-6eb55751d82c1reference1term-107454adlib-term-1074546ca0f2ab-c1f8-329d-8a45-8f1322f53a20figurefigure1referenceobject-312963adlib-object-31296315d47f04-a176-3222-849a-a8263a99c82b1reference1term-117136adlib-term-117136bd7a260b-d135-39fb-9933-ea1a7affb023figure and animal groupfigure and animal groupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. p. 80-1, no. 3580-1referencepublication-1030adlib-publication-10309cf77d50-a614-3947-8d0e-919f695fe7b0Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks, English Potteryreferencepublication-200002923adlib-publication-2000029237ea701f3-c76d-34ec-98d3-9f4a3148e5beBaroque forms and decoration on English Pottery 1640-1760Cf. pp. 166-171, 'Some bronze statuettes by Francesco Fanelli', fig. 193, a St George and the Dragon at the Holburne Menstrie Museum, Bath166-71referencepublication-7624adlib-publication-76248b879ec6-d1f4-3337-8159-84bba2f971d0Essays on Italian SculptureRef. pp. 55-99 for coloured glazed figures. Halfpenny considered that some of the 'Ralph Wood' figures could have been made by his brother, John Wood of Brownhills, but see Wynne Hamilton Foyne's article.55-99referencepublication-6492adlib-publication-64928f7a7c8d-d834-39c7-aba5-eddaaff4dd0cEnglish Earthenware Figures 1740-1840referencepublication-8907adlib-publication-8907bf115235-7e6f-31b6-b554-185e7c04c7a3The Cyril Humphris Collection, Part I, European Sculpture and Works of Artreferencepublication-5762adlib-publication-57623db9732a-ebd0-38c7-b454-dee1b0752cc6English and Continental CeramicsRef. pp. 120-8 The author supports the traditional view that 'Ralph Wood' figures were modelled and made by Ralph Wood after his return to Staffordshire between September 1781 and March 1782.120-8referencepublication-200002959adlib-publication-2000029599bc4ecb6-6a61-3fa4-98b9-d87a4bf8eb11'Ralph Wood' Figures: Who modelled and made them?animalreferenceterm-107785adlib-term-107785c70edf96-a6e9-39b0-99bb-d97be0cef893dragonliteraldragondragonreferenceterm-110220adlib-term-110220e22d3544-a393-3f19-9be4-dc2632ca9942figure groupfigure groupcream-coloured earthenware, press-moulded in parts, assembled, fired, painted in green, yellow greyish-brown, and brown lead glazes and fired againin parts and assembledreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingSt. George and the Dragonobject
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