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71. Isaac Newton |
Enamel-painted Figures
71.3. The Leeds Pottery also made figures of Newton that, like the one below, are perhaps from the same molds as the Ralph Wood figures. The figure shown is impressed “LEEDS POTTERY” and is at Temple Newsam House. This Leeds figure differs from the Ralph Wood figures shown in Volume 2 in that a small apple is placed on the base, this being an allusion to Newton's discovery of the theory of gravity. Photo from Peter Walton's "Creamware and other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds."
I have also recorded a Newton with the Leeds mark and without an apple, so the apple (which look more like a potato!) might have been an optional add-on.
I have also recorded a Newton with the Leeds mark and without an apple, so the apple (which look more like a potato!) might have been an optional add-on.
71.3. Impressed "LEEDS POTTERY"
71.4-5. The two examples of Newton below lack obvious Ralph Wood attributes. They were probably made at Leeds, but I cannot be certain. The waistcoats on both are decorated with a dot pattern, and I have noticed that Leeds favored dot patterns, so I tend to think that Leeds made them.
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Courtesy Paul Beighton Auctions.
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