Lot 45
45
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF APOLLO

Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF APOLLO
CIRCA 1780, IMPRESSED REBUS MARK OF A STAND OF TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE BASE

Modelled standing, holding a lyre, with green laurel wreath, blue lined green drapery, on a high rockwork base enriched in green and brown, minute chips, small repair to lyre
8½in. (21.6cm.) high
Provenance
With Wynn A. Sayman, Richmond, Massachusetts

Lot Essay

According to Pat Halfpenny in English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, Woodbridge, 1991, pp. 92-93, the rebus mark of a stand of trees has traditionally been ascribed to Ralph Wood, although there is apparently no real evidence to support this. It would appear that this mark is only found on figures of Apollo, which date from 1780-1800 and could have been made by any of the Woods.