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33. Anthony & Cleopatra |
This contemporary engraving shows the statue of Ariadne that is the design source for earthenware figures of Cleopatra. Note that the print's title refers to this statue as Cleopatra, so clearly this was a misinterpretation at that time.
33.4a (left), 33.5a (right).
33.4a, 33.5a-b. These figures are rather like 33.4 and 5 but with brighter bases. There is a strong link between this type of marbling and Lakin & Poole, but here I think the figures were made by some other maker because the interiors of the bases are atypical of Lakin & Poole and the color palette overall is too bright. I have seen marbled bases on an Enoch Wood figure too, so it is possible that Wood or some other potter made this pair.
33.5b. Base of the figure of Cleopatra in 33.5a.
33.5c. This Cleopatra has gorgeous enamels
and patterning on the base pointing to a Lakin & Poole attribution, but the palette is too bright and the base, viewed from beneath, lacks incised internal corners and is like that shown as 33.5b above. Late eighteenth century, no attribution possible.
33.7a. Mark Anthony, like 33.7 but the base is decorated differently. The figure may be placed upon a black mount of sorts that is not pottery. Courtesy Andrew Dando.
33.8a. This figure of Cleopatra is almost a dead ringer for 33.8 but is NOT marked WEDGWOOD. It seems logical to attribute it to Wedgwood, but, as an impressed mark is integral to the base, I am mystified at its absence in this case. Photo courtesy Andrew Dando.
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33.11, 33.12.These figures of Cleopatra differ somewhat from others shown, primarily in their decoration. The figure on the left appears to have come from slightly different molds than other figures shown in Volume 2.
33.13. Impressed "Neale & Co." From Halfpenny, "English Earthenware Figures 1780-1840."
33.14. Anthony and Cleopatra, probably Lakin & Poole. Courtesy Skinner, Inc.
33.15. Anthony and Cleopatra. Courtesy Kaminski Auctions.