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Fox with a dead Chicken
Production:
Wood, Ralph, II
(Probably)
Production:
Wood, Ralph, III
(Possibly)
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
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
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 8.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
1783
-
1800
This fox may have been made by a member of the Wood family or by an other Staffordshire potter
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( clear, dark blue, green, yellow, and purple)
Base
Length 11.5 cm
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated with clear, dark blue, green, yellow, and purple lead-glazes
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with a blue line border on three sides
Accession number: C.872-1928
Primary reference Number: 76263
Old object number: 3777
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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