Lot Essay
Cf. Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1780 (Woodbridge 1991), p. 90, and also an example sold in these Rooms, 19 May 1980, lot 69.
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CIRCA 1780, PROBABLY RALPH WOOD
Details
A Staffordshire creamware model of a spaniel
Circa 1780, probably Ralph Wood
Modelled seated on its haunches to the left, with black markings and an incised coat, on a cushion with tassels at each corner on an octagonal rectangular plinth moulded with a band of down-turned stiff-leaf ornament (crack through body, minute fritting, chip to underside and minute chipping to edge of base)
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Circa 1780, probably Ralph Wood
Modelled seated on its haunches to the left, with black markings and an incised coat, on a cushion with tassels at each corner on an octagonal rectangular plinth moulded with a band of down-turned stiff-leaf ornament (crack through body, minute fritting, chip to underside and minute chipping to edge of base)
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high