118. Cows

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Enamel-painted Figures

118.30a. Attributed to "Sherratt". This is the typical "Sherratt" cow with a bocage that is by no means exclusive to "Sherratt"--in fact, he didn't use these bocage leaves too often. Note that the rainbow base is painted in luster. I haven't seen this before---but "Sherratt" liked touches of luster on figures. The tree trunk is mottled, in a manner seen on other figures from this pot bank. (c) Potomac Company.

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118.18a. Courtesy John Howard.

118.29a. Attributed to "Sherratt". A later bocage form, circa 1840. Courtesy Strawser Auctions.

118.19a. Courtesy eBay seller MrDean43.

118.19b. Reverse of previous cow. Courtesy eBay seller MrDean43.

118.52a. Attributed to Dale. Perhaps the companion model to 118.52. Bocage restored. Courtesy John Nicholson.

118.175a. Bocage lost. Note the larger than usual calf, and a blacker than usual cow! Courtesy eBay seller lot-man.

118.79a. Attributed to the "Leaf Mat" Group. This pot bank made other small animal figures in the same style. Courtesy Barbara Gair.

118.79b. Reverse of 118.85a.

118.79c. Attributed to Leaf Mat Group. Courtesy Barbara Gair.

118.79d. Courtesy eBay seller harry2010.

118.79e. Courtesy Gildings Auctioneers.

118.79f. A cow called LADY. Courtesy Kinghams.

118.79g. Courtesy eBay seller baby.dragon.

118.88a.

118.101a. Cow spill vase attributed to "Sherratt." Companion to 118.101b. Courtesy John Howard.

118.101b.. Bull spill vase. Attributed to "Sherratt" and a companion to 119.101a. Courtesy Halls Fine Art.

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Underglaze-decorated Figures

Under-glaze decorated cows...it would take a book to show them all.  Very, very many of them are cow creamers. These were everyday objects. Decorating them under the glaze was cheaper (it required fewer firings) and the result was more durable. Of course, these were the days before awareness of the health hazard of bacterial growth in the nooks and cranies of the cow creamer. Also, there was not yet concern about the effects of contamination from the lead glaze. But, as mankind grew older and wiser, cow creamers faded into history.

A typical Yorkshire cow, of the sort associated with the potbank that used a large impressed crown. Cows from this pot bank are more usually found with a small figure alongside

Made by the Yorkshire pot bank that used a large impressed crown sometimes to mark its wares. These cows are more usually seen with people alongside (vol.1, ch. 28).

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy Northeast Auction.

The bocage leaves are one-sided (flat on reverse and unpainted). Courtesy Madelena.

Courtesy John Howard.

(c) Christies.

Cow with a calf? Really? That looks more like a monkey.

Courtesy Earle D. Vandekar.

Courtesy Bardith

i like this very gentle looking cow, and it also is found with a milkmaid (vol. 1, ch. 28.) Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy Skinner.

Courtesy Skinner.

Courtesy Skinner.

Courtesy Skinner,

Courtesy Barbara Gair.

Fantastic shape to this cow, I think! Courtesy John Howard.

Courtesy Nest Egg Antiques.

Courtesy John Howard.

Agate ware, like the previous cow.

Agate ware cow. The marbling is obtained by using colored clays. (c) Christie's.

Courtesy John Howard.

Notice the sucking calf. Courtesy Roger Deville.

Courtesy John Howard.

Circa 1765. Courtesy Bonhams.

Courtesy Allison Moore.

An unusual cow creamer in the form of a recumbent cow. Courtesy Wotton Auctions.

Courtesy Nadeau's. See following image for base from beneath.

Courtesy Nadeau's. Base of previous figure.