194. Venus & Neptune

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Enamel-painted Figures

194.1a. Venus and Neptune, Attributed to Ralph Wood.

194.5a. Courtesy eBay seller cclassic1030.

194.5b. 194.5a. Courtesy eBay seller cclassic1030.

194.1b. Neptune. Made without bocage and attributed to Ralph Wood. See following image for the reverse. Courtesy eBay seller stanmorehouseantiques.

194.ac. Reverse of previous Ralph Wood figure.

194.1d. Neptune and Venus, made by Ralph Wood. Neptune is impressed "Ra. Wood Burslem". Courtesy Sothebys, July 13 1998 catalog, lot 410.

194.3a. Venus on a particularly pretty base.

194.3b. Reverse of previous Venus on a particularly pretty base.

194.3c. Previous Venus on a particularly pretty base, from beneath.

194,3d. Neptune, beautifully painted and perhaps from the same pot bank as the previous Venus. Courtesy the Martha and Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead, MA.

194.6b. Neptune, Impressed "WEDGWOOD" and made by Ralph Wedgwood. Companion to 194.6 in Vol. 4. (c) SKinner Auctions.

194.35a. Venus, like the Wood and Neale figures in 194.34-35 but not marked, paired with Apollo rather than Neptune. Courtesy Tremont Auctions.

194.48. Venus

194.49, Venus. H: 7".

194.50. H: 6.4". Courtesy Aurea Carter.

194.51. Made at Leeds and impressed "LEEDS POTTERY". No. 938 from Peter Walton's "Creamware and other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds."

194.53. Neptune, Impressed "LEEDS POTTERY" beneath.

194.54. Neptune, previous figure showing the mark LEEDS POTTERY beneath.

194.55. Neptune, like previous example but unmarked and decorated differently. Taken from Peter Walton's "Creamware and Other English Pottery at Temple Newsam House, Leeds," no. 940.

194.56. Venus. (c) John Snyder Auctions.

194.57. Like the previous Venus but titled and with a companion Apollo.

194.58

194.59. Courtesy John Mills.

194.60. Neptune and Venus. Courtesy Paul Vandekar.

194.61. H: 6.5" Courtesy eBayer somereallygoodstuff.

194.62. Courtesy John Howard.

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Unpainted Figures

Courtesy Aurea Carter

194.49. Venus, H: 7.5:. Impressed LEEDS POTTERY beneath.

Impressed "R. WOOD" beneath. Courtesy Aurea Carter.

Previous figure marked R . WOOD beneath. Courtesy Aurea Carter.

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Underglaze-decorated Figures

"John Pattison 1825" is painted beneath. This may be the mark of the decorator rather than the potter. (c) Bonhams.

Courtesy RTS Antiques.

From Lewis,"Pratt Ware," second edition.

Venus. H: 6.5"

Courtesy Paul Beighton

Courtesy Chilcotts.

H: 4"

Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.

Courtesy Andrew Dando.

(c) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

This little figure is identified as Venus by the doves in her hand and the dolphin at her side. She can be found in the Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent.

Courtesy eBay seller katja2.

Courtesy Christie's South Kensington, 15 Feb 1996 catalog, lot 3.

Courtesy Great Western Auctions.

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Figures Decorated with Colored Glaze

(c) Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Venus. Courtesy the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

(c) Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

Courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.

(c) Skinner Auctions.

Venus with Cupid. H: 4.9". Courtesy Aurea Carter.

See 194.29 for the enamel-painted version. (c) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

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Figures Decorated with Silver Luster