Figure
ca. 1770-1780 (made)
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| Place of origin |
In the 1770s the fashion for porcelain figures was declining. Yet the new fine earthenware products of Staffordshire were becoming popular. Talented members of the Wood family produced a range of original figure models. They were cheap to manufacture and simply but richly decorated in coloured glazes. These figures started a fashion that led to the manufacture of vast quantities of flatbacks from the mid 1800s. Flatbacks were figures with flat backs, designed to stand on a mantelpiece or shelf.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with stained lead-glazes |
| Brief description | Earthenware figure of a recumbent deer with stained lead-glazes, Staffordshire. |
| Physical description | Earthenware figure of a recumbent deer with stained lead-glazes. |
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| Gallery label | Figure depicting a deer
Made in Staffordshire, about 1780-1800
Lead-glazed earthenware
C.18-1930 Given by Mr W. Sanders Fiske(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr W. Sanders Fiske |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | In the 1770s the fashion for porcelain figures was declining. Yet the new fine earthenware products of Staffordshire were becoming popular. Talented members of the Wood family produced a range of original figure models. They were cheap to manufacture and simply but richly decorated in coloured glazes. These figures started a fashion that led to the manufacture of vast quantities of flatbacks from the mid 1800s. Flatbacks were figures with flat backs, designed to stand on a mantelpiece or shelf. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.18-1930 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2002 |
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