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195. Other Classical Figures |
Enamel-painted Figures
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An update to figure 195.1 alongside. The subject has now been identified as Belisarius receiving alms. You can read all about it by clicking here. Image courtesy the William Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection.
Also see this look-alike figure made by the French pottery Bellevue in the late eighteenth century. Image below courtesy the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. I suspect the French figure is the design source for the English one. 
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195.1
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195.10a. Titled "Fortune" and attributed to Ralph Wood. Like 195.10 but impressed "169" in the manner of Ralph Wood. See also Vol. 4, 166.9, for the same figure form titled Plenty (without the mural crown, which is an attribute of Fortune's. Courtesy Madalena.
This beautiful pair (one is like the singleton in 195.19) sold in a mixed lot at Bonhams. Image courtesy of Bonhams.
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195.20a. from the molds Ralph Wood used for his model of this group, which can be found impressed 92. The modeling, decoration, and titling support a Wood attribution. However, there are lines banding four sides of the base, and Wood figures typically have lines on three sides only. On balance, I believe a Ralph Wood attribution would be correct.
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195.21. A stunning twosome, courtesy of John Howard. Height about 14". Perhaps after the statue below, a "statue of a priestess or muse from a Hellenistic original" in the Capitoline Museum, Rome.
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105.21
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195.22a. This figure is said to be Adonis. It is impressed "WEDGWOOD" and was made by Ralph Wedgwood. It is one of only
two recorded examples. (c) Skinner Auctions..
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Adonis. Height 23 inches.
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195.23
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195.24
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195.23-24. This beautiful pair is in the National Museum of Scotland. (c) National Museum of Scotland.
195.25. It appears that there may be something missing from this little figure's hands. If so, perhaps it was a garland, which would make her Flora.
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195.26. This figure probably has restoration to the arm or ams, and I don't know whom she was intended to portray. Courtesy Auktionshaus Dannenberg GmbH & Co.
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195.27. Actaeon the hunter. Impressed "Neale & Co." A very rare figure that is the companion to the small Neale Pomona shown in Volume 4. Photographed from Edwards, "Neale Pottery and Porcelain." The only other Neale example known to me, unpainted pearlware, sold at Martel Maides March 24, 2011, lot 32. It too was marked. Also see Vol. 4, fig 171.30 for a cruder depiction of Actaeon.
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195.28. Cybele with Ceres., c 1795.
195.29. Possibly the nymph Salmacis, whose body was united that of Hermaphroditus to form a single being that was both male and female. At 73 cms or 28.74 inches, this is the second largest figure on record. Courtesy Fieldings Auctions.
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195.29. Cybele (L) with Ceres (R). Inscribed "John Cartledge at the Lodge in the plantation COWBRIDGE 1800." From Haggar, "Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments."
195.30. Possibly the nymph Salmacis, whose body was united that of Hermaphroditus to form a single being that was both male and female. At 73 cms or 28.74 inches, this is the second largest figure on record. Courtesy Fieldings Auctions.
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195.31. Decorated with enamel colors, but also shown below with underglaze coloring. Courtesy Chorley's.
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195.32. Perhaps a theatrical figure rather than a classical one??? Courtesy Christies.
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195.33. Attributed to the Brown Base group. Base has typically notched internal corners. Perhaps symbolic of Air, but I am unsure. Restored outstretched arm. Courtesy Sworders.
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195.34. Classical lady holding an unlit torch. Courtesy Sotheby's.
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Underglaze-decorated Figures
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