199. Miscellaneous Subjects

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Enamel-painted Figures

199.4a. Another figure on the toper theme. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

199.14a. See below for underglaze examples of this figure.

199.14b. Courtesy Lawrence Fine Art Auctioneers, Fitt Reed sale.

199.15a. The male figure in 199.15 along with the female companion.

199.40a. This figure of the Spanish water carrier, titled Galego, is attributed to Ralph Wood. It is a modification of the one shown in 199.40, the cloak having been removed to accommodate a bocage. Courtesy eBay seller norbertop2005.

199.40b. Reverse of the previous figure. Courtesy eBay seller norbertop2005.

199.40b. Like 199.40 but impressed "66". Also attributed to Ralph Wood.

199.52

199.32a. Courtesy eBay.

199.34a. Tiny figures of the srot seen in 199.32-34. Courtesy EBay seller katja2.

199.53.Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

199.54. Reverse of previous. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

199.55. It is not known what these figures once held. The lady occurs as an independent figure of a lady with birds nest (figure 147.17).

199.56. See an underglaze example below. Courtesy Bonhams.

199.57

199.59.. Other similarly styled figures usually hold a cat or dog.

199.60. Watchstand.

199.61. Watch stand

199.62. Reverse of 199.61.

199.63. A stopper of sorts, perhaps representing Lord Brougham, who was influential in the passage of the Reform Act of 1832.

199.64. Probably theatrical figures. Made with spill holders behind each figure.

199.65. In the same series as the previous figure and also possibly a theatrical character, c. 1835. Not sure if there is a spill holder here. Courtesy John Howard.

199.66. Incised "Garrison P." and painted "1807" beneath. Probably made at the Garrison Pottery. Courtesy Northeast Auctions

199.67.

199.68. Is that perhaps a bird's nest in hiis hand?

199.69

199.70. Impressed FELL. Courtesy Woolley and Wallis.

199.71. Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.

199.72. Courtesy eBay seller wessant.

192.73. Possibly with both enamel and underglaze colors. Courtesy Potomack Company.

192.74, Attributed to Wood & Caldwell/Enoch Wood. Courtesy ebay seller justsellingalong.

192.75. Perhaps made in Scotland. Courtesy Franklins Brown.

Courtesy Wessex Auction Rooms

192.77. Courtesy Kingham Auctions.

192.78. Courtesy McCartheys.

192.80. Girl holding book. Courtesy eBay seller tops4china.

192.79. Courtesy Fieldings.

192.81. This gentleman and lady holding a flower exhibit a feature that I have only otherwise seen on figures attributable to Ralph Wood: the line painted on the base bands three sides only. However, in the absence of other Wood attributes, I cannot make an attribution. Courtesy Hansons.

192.82. Back of previous pair. Courtesy Hansons.

192.83. Courtesy ebay seller brownpaperparcelantiques.

192.84. Perhaps a Season, perhaps not. Here the figure holds a pineapple of sorts (perhaps a flame) and an apple. Figure 155.102 illustrates the same figure as one of the Seasons in a set of four. That figure is from the same figure molds) but was made without objects in his hands. See also the same figure in vol. 1, 27.148 and 27.150, as a shepherd, again with these objects in his hands. (c) Hansons..

Possibly Summer from a set of Seasons. Known only from this example. H: 11.7 inches. Courtesy eBay seller ardesh.

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Underglaze-decorated Figures

Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.

Courtesy John Howard.

Flask formed to represent Lord Brougham, who was instrumental in the passage of the 1832 Reform act.

Courtesy Bonhams

I think underglaze colors on this and the next figure. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Height 2.7 inches.Like the enamel-painted counterpart in 199.30. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Courtesy Andrew Dando

Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums.

See an enamel-painted example above, 199.56.

Courtesy Bob Moores

Courtesy Andrew Dando.

Courtesy Willett Collection.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Figural pipe in the form of Martha Gunn, the famous Brighton bathing lady of the early nineteenth century.

Courtesy Leo Kaplan.

Courtesy Bonhams.

Courtesy Bonhams

This group is said to be like one inscribed with the mark of James Emery of Mexborough Pottery circa 1838. The heads here--his in particular--look somewhat odd.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Andrew Dando

Courtesy Martyn Edgell

Courtesy Potomack Company.

See below for color-glazed example. Also, 199.4 for enamel-painted example on a different base.

Courtesy Tennants

H: 10". (c) Northeast Auctions.

Figures like these, but most often enamel-painted, are usually found holding a small animal. See chapters 117 and 121 in Volume 3.

(c) Xupes.

H: 5.5". Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy Martyn Edgell

Courtesy eBay seller elle171.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

A lady opium smoker. Described as English creamware....but I would want to handle the figure to be sure of that. H: 5.5". Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

The figure in the next three images sits atop the lid of a deskstand. Described as English Pratt ware, and it may well be, but I would want to see it to be confident. Courtesy Kingham & Orme.

Courtesy Kingham & Orme.

Courtesy Kingham & Orme.

This man with a whip, it seems, circling his neck has a dog beside him. His left arm was lost in manufacture. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

Possibly the green is colored glaze rather than underglaze. I know not what the person holds! Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Courtesy Skinner

Courtesy Andrew Dando.

The reverse of this figure suggests that it was intended a bird feeder. Courtesy Skinner.

Courtesy Doyle, NY.

Courtesy Gildings Auctioneers.

Courtesy Hansons.

Courtesy Lawrence Fine Art Auctioneers, Fitt Reed sale.

Courtesy Christie's.

Courtesy Adam Partridge.

An underglaze version of the little figure seen on the watchstands in 199.44-46. Courtesy eBay seller ismay-2206.

Courtesy Law Auctions.

Courtesy Skinner Auctions.

Courtesy George Haggarty.

Money box. Courtesy Busby Auctions.

Reverse of previous money box. Courtesy Busby Auctions.

A perfume container. From Lewis, "Pratt Ware," second edition.

Courtesy Dovetail Auctions

Courtesy eBay seller katja2.

Courtesy Schwenke Auctioneers

A rowboat with occupants, placed on a paper background to simulate sea. Courtesy Colonial Williamsburg.

Courtesy eBay seller jore2263.

Courtesy Canterbury Auctions.

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Figures Decorated with Glazes Only

Creamware body with a green glaze inside and out. See 199.56, above, with enamel-painted decoration. Also above is an underglaze example. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

See 199.4, enamel decorated; also above in underglaze colors. Courtesy Skinner.

(c) Skinner

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Perhaps and actor. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Attributed to Ralph Wood. See 199.40, enamel-painted decoration

Diogenes. Attributed to Ralph Wood. Impressed on the pedestal "DIOGENES LOOKING FOR A HONEST MA" [sic]. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum.

Figure of Alderman William Beckford (1709-1770), twice London's Lord Mayor. After his statue by Moore in the Guildhall, erected in 1770. The figure is impressed BECKFORD on the base and is attributed to Ralph Wood. Courtesy the Willett Collection, Brighton and Hove Museums.

Alderman Beckford. Attributed to Ralph Wood. Courtesy Sotheby's.

Spinario. This figure also occurs in salt glaze, c.1760. (c) The Metropolitan Museum, NY.

Creamware body. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

Impressed on the base DIO / GENES; impressed: LOOKING / FOR A / HONEST / MA[N]. Attributed to Ralph Wood. Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum, NY.

H: 6.5 cms. Courtesy the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Il spinario, creamware, circa 1775. Courtesy Christie's, NY.

Courtesty eBay seller antfill.

Courtesy Bob Moores.

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Slip-decorated Figures