Staffordshire Figures, 1780-1840: Supplementary Archive
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    • 31. Equestrians
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    • 81 - 84. Sports >
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      • 84. Archers, Sportsmen, Falconers, & Other Hunters
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      • 96. Parable of the Lost Coin
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      • 98. Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgin
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    • 111-112. Animal Entertainment >
      • 111. Performing Animals
    • 113-132. Animals >
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    • 138-147. Family, Friendship, & Play >
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84. Archers, Sportsmen, etc.


Enamel-painted Figures

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84.25a. Attributed to Dale. Like 84.25 with some bocage present. The floral sprigs on the base establish the Dale attribution. Courtesy Christies.
84,25b, More than one pot bank used this model (see 84.17, 84.25, 84.25a, 84.26) and this example lacks features supporting attribution. Courtesy eBay seller totnesantiques.
84.30a. Courtesy Woolley and Wallis
84.50a. Possibly Hall, but unable to attribute based on this photo.
84.50b. Titled pair. Unmarked. In the style of SALT but quite possibly made by some other potter. Courtesy Richard Winterton Auctioneers.
84.54a. Attributed to "Leaf Mat" Group. For a somewhat similar sportsman see 84.1, 84.10, 84.54,
84.54b. Courtesy Gorringes.
84.54c. Courtesy Gorringes.
84.55a. Attributed to Leather Leaf Group. Companion to 84.55. The bocage flowers and flowers on the base confirm the attribution.
84.55b. Attributed to Leather Leaf Group. H: 7.5". Bocage largely lost. Like 84.55 but on a typical Leather Leaf base.
84.55c. Reverse of previous figure.
84.56a. Impressed "48" and attributed to Ralph Wood. H: 7.3". The companion sportsman is seen in 84.56, but no enamel-painted numbered example is known. In colored glazes, it occurs impressed "47". Courtesy Aurea Carter.
84.56b. Impressed "48" and attributed to Ralph Wood. Companion to the previous female figure. His left hand is lacking a bird and is probably restored. See 84.56 for a correct example, not numbered. Courtesy Golding, Young & Mawer.
84.56c. Attributed to Ralph Wood. Back of the base is undecorated. Left hand and object in it are restorations. Courtesy Andrew Dando.
84.56d. Like 84.56 but with typical Ralph Wood bocages. Attributed to Ralph WOod. Courtesy eBay seller Katja2
84.65a. Impressed WALTON.
84.65b. Sportsman with all the features of the similar Walton model in 84.65a but unmarked. Attributed to Walton.
84.76a. This deerstalker, unlike those shown in the book, has no "Sherratt" features and cannot be attributed to any particular potter. Courtesy Adam Partridge.
84.80a. Like 84.80 but with insufficient evidence visible in the photo to support an attribution.
84.88a.Like 84.88 but impressed 36 beneath. This is the figure mentioned in the caption to 84.88. formerly with Colonial Williamsburg. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans Auctions.
84.90. A lovely figure, and the dog is so handsome too. Shown in the Addendum to Vol. 4 as figure 203.1.
84.91. Reverse of previous figure. Note the pony tail.
84.92. Courtesy eBay seller Katja2.

Additional information on figures 84.75 - 76

The dashing deer stalker in 84.75 and 84.76 is very similar to the transfer print design on plates made by William Adams & Sons as part of their Caledonia pattern series. I believe the plates were made in the 1830-40 period, but what came first?  Did the figures copy the plates or did the plates copy the figures? Or, more likely, do they share a common design source? If you know , please tell me.

The figure was made in assorted bodies into the the twentieth century, as you see below. The earlier Staffordshire porcelainous versions are the nicest, but they are, I think, significantly smaller than the figures 84.75 - 76.

84.91-94 Coursing Spill Vases

The figure group below  is like that shown in Ch. 31, Equestrians, but two dogs are added. This raises the possibility that this is a coursing group, which I believe was part of a circus reenactment. (Given my added knowledge, I believe that some of the coursing groups below, originally shown in chapter 84, Archers, Sportsmen, should have been shown in chapter 31, Equestrians, a chapter that includes circus equestrians. To avoid confusing matters further, I am including this subject matter in both chapters on this site!)
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84.91. Courtesy David Boyer.
​I have since discovered a fabulous garniture in a private collection. It comprises three spill vases with a coursing theme:
  • the central vase is like that above, with one dog only.
  • the right hand vase is like 84.77 or 78.
  • the left hand vase has the same man upon a horse.
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84.92. Coursing garniture, probably a circus reenactment, Women did not participate in hunting sports anywhere other than on the circus stage.
Also since added to our knowledge base are two related spill vases.
The vase on the right is very like the one in the three-pice garniture above, but the dog stands.
​The vase on the left is a new addition. The small cottage behind it can be seen as an independent figure in the chapter on Buildings in Volume 4.
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84.93. Courtesy Hannam's Auctioneers..

And the pair below add yet another twist to the tale!
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84.94.

Figures Decorated with Underglaze Colors or with Colored Glaze


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This figure group is impressed "TITTENSOR" on the reverse. The photo is copied from Halfpenny's book and is her copyright.
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