Staffordshire Figures, 1780-1840: Supplementary Archive
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Picture

  125. Horses and Donkeys


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Enamel-painted Figures

125.14. Probably made in Scotland. Courtesy Paul Vandekar.
125.15. Probably made in Scotland. Courtesy Madelena.
125.16. Reverse of figure 125.15. Courtesy Madelena.
125. 17. Decorated in the round. Courtesy Madelena Antiques.
CORRECTION:
The recumbent horse shown in figure 125.12 started life, it appears, as a unicorn. I included this beast by using an old photo, not realizing that it once had a horn atop its head! The unicorn is shown on this site, chapter 128, Mythological Animals.

Figures Decorated with Underglaze Colors or with Color Glazes

Like 125.1 but in colored glazes. (c) Metropolitan Museum, NY.
Like 125.2 but in underglaze colors.
(c) Bonhams.
(c) Metropolitan Museum, NY
(c) Bonhams.
Courtesy Martyn Edgell.
Courtesy Paul Vandekar.
Courtesy Leo Kaplan.
Courtesy Leatherwood Antiques.
(c) Bonhams
(c) Metropolitan Museum, NY.
Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.
Courtesy John Howard.

Leeds Horses

Like figures 125.3 - 4, these large horses were made at the Leeds Pottery. All appear to be decorated in underglaze colors.
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