EARLY STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY FIGURE OF A ROOSTER BY RALPH WOOD

Reference: 5872

Dated: c. 1775 Staffordshire

Antique Staffordshire pottery figure of a rooster.
The creamware body is finely modelled and decorated in classic Ralph Wood coloured glazes of fine quality.
The wattle of the cockerel is in the Astbury type slip which probably denoted the figure as transitional and early from the Wood pottery. The head of the figure is attached and was never intended to be removed as it is completley glazed as part of the body.
This figure and its popularity inspired other Staffordshire potters such as Walton to copy and produce similar versions in a later period..

Dimensions: 8.00 inch high

Medium: antique English Pottery colour glazed creamware body

Current Condition Unrestored

Provenance: Collection of a Lady.

Literature: Frank Partridge Book Ralph Wood figure 143
also;
A similar figure is also illustrated in volume titled The Henry Weldon Collection of English Pottery page 247

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