12. Ralph Wedgwood
This information supplements the detailed information in Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Vol. 1.

The Marks

The figures shown here are all marked "WEDGWOOD," with the exception of the first three figures, which are marked Wedgwood & Co. Most of these figures are known from only one example, but in other instances a handful of examples are recorded.

Marked "Wedgwood & Co." Figures

The three figures below with the Wedgwood & Co mark are the only ones I have recorded with this mark. All stand on the same base, and I think that all date to the latter part of Ralph Wedgwood's potting career, when he worked at the Knottingley Pottery in Yorkshire.

The Knottingley Pottery commenced in 1793 and operated under the name Tomlinson, Foster and Co.  In June 1798, Ralph Wedgwood joined the Knottingley partnership, which was promptly renamed Tomlinson, Foster, Wedgwood  and Co.--any smart business man would have wanted to add the famed Wedgwood name to the firm's letterhead.  The partnership was undercapitalized and  was dissolved a mere eighteen months later. The figures marked "Wedgwood & Co" date from the eighteen month period spanning 1798-99.  
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Wedgwood figure, Ralph Wedgwood, pealrware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, Farnese Flora
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Wedgwood figure, Ralph Wedgwood, pealrware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, Eros and Anteros
Courtesy the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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(c) Christie's

Marked "Wedgwood" Figures

antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Wedgwood figure, Ralph Wedgwood, pealrware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, Eros and Anteros
Courtesy Angus Northeast.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Wedgwood figure, Ralph Wedgwood, pealrware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne, Hope
Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery, Wedgwood figure, Ralph Wedgwood, Myrna Schkolne
Courtesy the Potomack Company.
antique Staffordshire pottery figure, pearlware figure, Staffordshire figure Wesley, Myrna Schkolne, prattware figureture
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery figure, Wedgwood figure, Ralph Wedgwood, pealrware figure, bocage figure, Myrna Schkolne,
Courtesy Skinner inc.
antique Staffordshire figure, Staffordshire pottery, Wedgwood figure, Flemish Music, Ralph Wedgwood, Myrna Schkolne
Courtesy the Potomack Company
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Courtesy Skinner inc.
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Courtesy Skinner inc.
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From the Christie's South Kensington sale of October 10, 2002.
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From Halfpenny, "English Earthenware Figures 1780-1840."
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Courtesy Skinner inc.
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Courtesy Skinner inc.
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Courtesy Skinner inc.
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Courtesy the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Courtesy Skinner inc.
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Courtesy Skinner inc.
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From the Earle Collection.
Antique Staffordshire figure, pearlware figure, Ralph Wedgwood pottery, Myrna Schkolne
Both impressed WEDGWOOD on the back of the base. Courtesy eBay seller albion-antiek,
antique Staffordshire figure, Ceres figure, pearlware figure, Ralph Wedgwood pottery, Myrna Schkolne
Impressed "CERES/ By WEDGWOOD". Height 20.5 inches. Courtesy Sotheby's NY.
Also documented but not shown here are:
A figure of Simon in the Buten Collection
A bust of Shakespeare
A figure of Hope (sold at Skinner Sale 211, Jan. 19, 2002, lot 264) and another in the Willett Collection, Brighton Museum.