Lot Essay
Cf. Frank Falkner, The Wood Family of Burslem, London, 1912, plate XXII, pp. 10, 18; and Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures, 1740-1840, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1991, p. 140
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A STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON
CIRCA 1800
Of Ralph Wood type, wearing a rose coloured coat with spotted lining, blue sprigged vest with red border and yellow breeches, standing beside a green-draped globe atop a pile of books, on a rectangular colourful marbled base (neck, staff and left elbow restored, paint flaking on vest, green drapery and one book, base cracked)--12in. (30.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1800
Of Ralph Wood type, wearing a rose coloured coat with spotted lining, blue sprigged vest with red border and yellow breeches, standing beside a green-draped globe atop a pile of books, on a rectangular colourful marbled base (neck, staff and left elbow restored, paint flaking on vest, green drapery and one book, base cracked)--12in. (30.5cm.) high