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Fox with a dead Chicken: C.872-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Fox with a dead Chicken

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Production: Wood, Ralph, III (Possibly)

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Description

Cream earthenware, press-moulded and decorated with coloured glazes

Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with dark blue, green, yellow, purple, and clear lead-glazes. The fox is seated on a low oblong mound, rounded at the left end and pointed at the right. The underside is open and clear-glazed. The fox looks down, and has its right paw over a chicken or pigeon. Its bushy tail is curved around it on the mound. Its body has splashes of dark blue and yellow on its mainly manganese-purple fur, and the base is green

Notes

History note: Puttick and Simpson, London, 10 March 1922, lot 36; bought by Mack for £11.11. on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
1783 - 1800

Note

This fox may have been made by a member of the Wood family or by an other Staffordshire potter

Components of the work

Surface composed of lead-glaze ( clear, dark blue, green, yellow, and purple)
Base Length 11.5 cm

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with clear, dark blue, green, yellow, and purple lead-glazes

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with a blue line border on three sides

  • Text: No. 3777/Ralph Wood/seated fox./b. at Putticks/March 10, 1922
  • Location: On underside of base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.872-1928
Primary reference Number: 76263
Old object number: 3777

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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