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195. Other Classical Figures |
Enamel-painted Figures
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An update to figure 195.1 alongside. The subject has now been identified as Belisarius receiving alms. You can read all about it by clicking here. Image courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.
Also see this look-alike figure made by the French pottery Bellevue in the late eighteenth century. Image below courtesy the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. I suspect the French figure is the design source for the English one. 
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195.1
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195.10a
195.10a. Titled "Fortune" and attributed to Ralph Wood. Like 195.10 but impressed "169" in the manner of Ralph Wood. See also Vol. 4, 166.9, for the same figure form titled Plenty (without the mural crown, which is an attribute of Fortune's. Courtesy Madalena.
195.19a
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This beautiful pair (one is like the singleton in 195.19) sold in a mixed lot at Bonhams. Image courtesy of Bonhams. |
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195.21. A stunning twosome, courtesy of John Howard. Height about 14". Perhaps after the statue below, a "statue of a priestess or muse from a Hellenistic original" in the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
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105.21
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195.22a. This figure is said to be Adonis. It is impressed "WEDGWOOD" and was made by Ralph Wedgwood. It is the only recorded example. (c) Skinner Auctions..
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195.22b. Adonis. H: 23 ins. Illustrated in Arthur Hayden's Chats on Old Earthenware, published in 1909. I am not certain that this figure survived into our century.
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195.23
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195.24
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195.23-24. This beautiful pair is in the National Museum of Scotland. (c) National Museum of Scotland.
195.25. It appears that there may be something missing from this little figure's hands. If so, perhaps it was a garland, which would make her Flora.
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195.26. Actaeon the hunter. Impressed "Neale & Co." A very rare figure that is the companion to the small Neale Pomona shown in Volume 4. Photographed from Edwards, "Neale Pottery and Porcelain." The only other Neale example known to me, unpainted pearlware, sold at Martel Maides March 24, 2011, lot 32. It too was marked. Also see Vol. 4, fig 171.30 for a cruder depiction of Actaeon.
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195.27. Cybele (L) with Ceres (R). Inscribed "John Cartledge at the Lodge in the plantation COWBRIDGE 1800." From Haggar, "Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments."
195.28. Possibly the nymph Salmacis, whose body was united that of Hermaphroditus to form a single being that was both male and female. At 73 cms or 28.74 inches, this is the second largest figure on record. Courtesy Fieldings Auctions.
195.29. The identity of this figure is not known. The same figure is shown in Vol. 4, fig. 194.37, with a dove in hand and is described as Venus. However, the hand on this figure is unrestored, so I suspect the figure in Vol. 4 received a dove, courtesy of an imaginative restorer. Courtesy Skinner, Inc.
195.30. The figure above is perhaps decorated with both underglaze and enamel colors. The pink luster would certainly have been applied atop the glaze. See below for similar in underglaze colors. Also the chapter on Dogs with People, volume 2 on this site, for related figures. Courtesy Toovey's.
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195.31. Decorated with enamel colors, but also shown below with underglaze coloring. Courtesy Chorley's.
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195.32. Classical lady holding an unlit torch. Courtesy Sotheby's.
195.33. Attributed to the Brown Base group. Base has typically notched internal corners. Perhaps symbolic of Air, but I am unsure. Restored outstretched arm. Courtesy Sworders.
Underglaze-decorated Figures
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