Not currently on display at the V&A

Figure

ca.1780-1800 (made)
Place of origin

Figure of Apollo or Orpheus, standing on a rocky base and holding a lyre. Moulded but with some additional modelling by hand. painted in coloured glazes.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
earthenware painted in coloured glazes
Brief description
Figure of Apollo, earthenware, made in Staffordshire, ca.1780-1800.
Physical description
Figure of Apollo or Orpheus, standing on a rocky base and holding a lyre. Moulded but with some additional modelling by hand. painted in coloured glazes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
converted from registers
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Object history
bequeathed by Mrs. Mary B. Sargeant
Production
register attributes this figure to the factory of Ralph Wood, Burslem
Subjects depicted
Associated object
C.538-1921 (Version)
Bibliographic reference
Halfpenny, Pat, English Earthenware Figures: 1740-1840 (Antique Collectors' Club: 1995). p.64 & p.92.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.460-1967

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Record createdApril 15, 2009
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