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Shepherd
Pottery: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Cream earthenware figure of a shepherd and his dog decorated with coloured glazes
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, decorated with clear bluish, and green, pale yellow, dull pink, brown, and dark brown lead-glazes, and gilded. The standing shepherd and his seated dog are on a rocky base with a tree stump at the back, supported on a low square plinth. The underside is open and has a circular ventilation hole under the figure. The shepherd stands on his right leg with his left relaxed at the knee. His head and body are turned slightly to his right, and he holds up his right hand to hold a crook, now missing. His left hand is extended a little way in front of him. His face and hands are dull pink, and he has a dark brown hat with a turned up brim at the front, and two feathers attached to the left side of the crown. He wears a bluish-white shirt and waistcoat, a brown coat, pale yellow breeches, bluish-white stockings and dark brown shoes. There are remnants of gilding on the buttons and buttonholes of his coat, and the ties of his left shoe. The dog is dark brown.
Purchased with the Glaisher Fund
Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 8.4 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1930-11-14) by Stoner & Evans
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1782
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Circa
1795
Probably made by Ralph Wood II at Burslem, or after his death i 1795 by his son Ralph Wood III. It is also possible that it was produced by Ralph II's brother John Wood at Brownhills.
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
( green, pale yellow, dull flesh pink, brown, dark brown, and clear bluish lead-glazes)
Base
Depth 6.9 cm
Width 6.9 cm
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted with green, pale yellow, dull flesh pink, brown, dark brown, and clear blue-tinted lead-glazes
Accession number: C.47-1930
Primary reference Number: 75212
Glaisher Addition number: Gl. Add.13-1930
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Shepherd" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75212 Accessed: 2023-05-29 19:25:45
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Accession Number: C.729 & A-1928
Accession Number: P.10010-R
Accession Number: C.1581A-1928
Accession Number: P.12771-R
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