Staffordshire Figures, 1780-1840: Supplementary Archive
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  • Vol. 2
    • 31. Equestrians
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    • 33-60. Literature & Theater >
      • 33. Anthony and Cleopatra
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    • 61 - 63. Patriotic Themes >
      • 62. Saint George and the Dragon
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      • 70. Benjamin Franklin
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      • 98. Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgin
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      • 100. Peter Restoring the Lame Man
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    • 111-112. Animal Entertainment >
      • 111. Performing Animals
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    • 138-147. Family, Friendship, & Play >
      • 138. Courtship
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      • 147. Bird Nesters and Nut Gatherers
    • 148. Temperance
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    • 150. Mansion House Dwarves
    • 151. Roger Giles
    • 152. The Welsh Tailor and his Wife
    • 153. Elements
    • 154. Quarters of the Globe
    • 155. Seasons
    • 156-195. Classical Subjects >
      • 156. Aesculapius
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      • 193. Urania
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    • 199. Miscellaneous
    • 200. Busts
Picture

 153. The Elements


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Enamel-painted Figures

153.3a. Attributed to Ralph Wood. Companion to 153.1-3. Courtesy unknown eBay seller.
153.4a. Attributed to Ralph Wood. Line on three sides of base only. Courtesy eBay seller debb8er7414.
153.53a. Air. In the same series as 153.52-53 and possibly by Enoch Wood. Courtesy eBay seller strike2.
153.53b. A full set of the Enoch Wood type Elements. Individual figures of Fire, Water, and Earth are shown in the book, and Air appears on this page in the figure shown previously. Courtesy Elinor Penna.
153.61a. Attributed to Blue Group. Companion to Air in 153.61. Courtesy Golding, Young & Mawer.
153.563a. . Air. Attributed to "Blue Group" pot bank.
153.63b.. Reverse of 153.63a. The undecorated backs of the bocage leaves are often seen on "Blue Group" figures.
153.64. Fire. Attributed to the Grey Base Group. The only Element from that pot bank on record to date. Courtesy Franklin Browns.
153.65. The element Air. Made by Wilson. This is typical of the Neale/Wilson figures, but this is the only recorded Neale/Wilson Element. Surely lots more must have been made?
153.66. The impressed Wilson mark along with the title AIR beneath the previously shown figure.
153.66. Air. Courtesy Fieldings.


Underglaze-decorated Figures

Fire is on the left, alongside Venus.
Probably intended to be Air rather than Venus. I suspect underglaze decoration rather than enamel but I may be wrong. The palette is suggestive of the Scottish pot banks.
I suspect this figure is symbolic of Air. Courtesy Michael Grana.
Reverse of previous figure. Courtesy Michael Grana.

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