CIRCA 1770, ATTRIBUTED TO RALPH WOOD

Details

A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE MODEL OF A STAG
CIRCA 1770, ATTRIBUTED TO RALPH WOOD
Modeled seated on a waisted green-washed rectangular base
13 5/8 in. (34.5 cm.) high

Provenance

The Frank Partridge Collection, London.
With James C. Brady, Far Hills, New Jersey.
The Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller.
A Collection Formed by Nelson A. Rockefeller and offered for the Benefit of his Estate; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 11 April 1980, lot 85.

Literature

F. Partridge, Ralph Wood Pottery: Mr. Frank Partridge's Collection, London, 1923, p. 52, no. 59.
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 110, no. 116.

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Lot Essay

Of all the Ralph Wood figures which had originally belonged to the Partridge Collection and which we acquired through the estate of my brother in 1980, this particular figure is perhaps the most dramatic and impressive.
D.R.

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