Lot Essay
Cf. the similar examples in Frank Faulkner, The Wood Family of Burslem, pl. XV, no. 69 and R. K. Price, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Woof Figures and Toby Jugs, pl. XXXVIII, no. 67
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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE DRINKING CUP OF RALPH WOOD TYPE
CIRCA 1780
Conical, moulded on both sides with a mask of the Pope in a green, ochre and blue mitre above the mask of a grinning horned devil with brown hair, the sides moulded with acanthus enriched in blue and ochre (cross restuck)--5½in. (14cm.) high
CIRCA 1780
Conical, moulded on both sides with a mask of the Pope in a green, ochre and blue mitre above the mask of a grinning horned devil with brown hair, the sides moulded with acanthus enriched in blue and ochre (cross restuck)--5½in. (14cm.) high