79. Sailors & Soldiers

79. Sailors and Soldiers

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Enamel-painted figures

79.a. Intended to replace the similar pair in fig. 79.5, bocages lost. Here the beautiful bocages are intact. Courtesy Mears & Boyer.

79.6a. Titled RETURN. Courtesy Philip Serrell.

79.6b. Titled DEPARTURE and RETURN. Bocages lost. Courtesy eBay seller katja2.

79.8a. Companion to 79. (c) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.

79.14a. Courtesy eBay seller kbt...llllllll.

79.14b. Reverse of previous figure. Courtesy eBay seller kbt...llllllll.

79.18a. Sailor. Like the following figure but painted quite differently. (c) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.

79.18b. Sailor. Like the previous figure. (c) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.

79.18c. This sailor has a peg leg. A label beneath says he portrays one James Wall, said to be Nelson's servant. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

79.78c. H: 9.5". Courtesy Jeffrey Evans.

79.19a. Sailor's lass, identifiable as such by the sailor's money bag she holds. (c) National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.

79.20a. The Shipwrecked Mariner.

79. 20b. Reverse of the previous figure.

79.20c. The Wreck. Like 79.20 and 79.20a, I think this figure was made by one of the Scottish pot banks. Courtesy Tom Harris Auctions.

79.20d. Reverse of 79.20c. I am not sure if the script on the reverse of 79.20 is original. Note the twisty robe border that is a strong indication of Scottish origin. Courtesy Tom Harris Auctions.

79.20e. Like the previous figures on this them, probably Scottish. Flat and unpainted on the reverse, open beneath. Courtesy Hampton House Actions.

79.20f. Another version of The Shipwrecked Sailor. Courtesy Dreweatt Neate.

79.20h. Another version of the shipwrecked sailor, this time with a dog. Courtesy Great Western Auctions.

79.20h. Possibly with both enamel and underglaze colors and made by the Rathbone pottery, Scotland, or from a Rathbone mold. Courtesy George Haggarty.

79.28a. Height 8 inches minimum.

79.42. Courtesy Hartley's Auctions.

79.43. Note the closely similar color-glazed figure below with a hat. Courtesy Canterbury Auctions.

ALSO:
I was intrigued to see this porcelaineous figure on eBay, clearly a high-quality object in its time. It is from the same molds as figure 79.33, which is painted to portray an officer of the Staffordshire 80th foot.

79.42. Lord Rodney.

This fine figure of Lord Rodney was modeled by Pierre Stefan and is the only known enamel-painted pearlware example. It is not marked, but the figure is recorded in black and white stoneware (I think), as below, both stoneware examples being marked. The Lord Rodney cups are relatively common but are beyond the subject matter of this work.