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Greyhound: C.837-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Greyhound

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Production: Wood, Ralph, III (Possibly)
Production: Wood, John, I, potter (Possibly)

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Description

Cream earthenware decorated with clear yellowish lead-glaze over most of its surface with splashes of green and brown here and there on its body and the base. The greyhound is seated on an oval mound base which is open and glazed underneath. Its right leg is advanced, and its tail is curled on the ground on its left side.

Notes

History note: Stanley Woolston, Cambridge, from whom purchased for £5 on 5 April 1920 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
Circa 1783 - 1801

Note

Coloured glazed figures were made by Ralph Wood II after his return to Burslem from Bristol in 1782, and after his death in 1795 probably by his son Ralph Wood III. His brother John Wood's sales ledger covering the years 1783-7 indicates the he probably made and sold figures of this type, as well as purchasing them for resale from Ralph. It is not possible to attribute this greyhound specifically, and it could have been made by another potter in the area.

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lead-glaze ( clear yellowish, green, and brown)
Base Length 8.7 cm Width 5.5 cm
Surface

Materials used in production

cream Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted with clear yellowish, green and brown lead-glazes

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: part of a pale brown paper label with a dark blue line round three sides

  • Text: No 3800/ illegible
  • Location: On front of underside of base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written n
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.837-1928
Primary reference Number: 76205
Old object number: 3800

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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