Antique English Staffordshire pottery figure by Ralph Wood ROMAN CHARITY

Reference: 0945

Dated: c. 1785 Burselm Staffordshire England

Antique English Staffordshire pottery figure by Ralph Wood titled ROMAN CHARITY.
One of the few groups produced by Ralph Wood comprising of four figures.
The figure bears the impress mark under the base 92 denoting the catalogue reference.
The legend associated with this figure group relates to a political prisoner in Rome who was chained to a rock and left to starve to death. However, the daily visits from his good daughter saved him as she fed him from her breast. With a modesty uncharacteristic of the age Ralph Wood altered the version and the father is portrayed gratefully drinking the milk from a mug. Legend reports that the Roman Guards were so impressed with the daughters devotion to her father that they released him from his bondage.

Dimensions: 8.00 inch high

Current Condition Unrestored fine condition

Literature: Ralph Wood the Frank Partridge Collection figure 131.

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