Not currently on display at the V&A

Figure

ca. 1790-1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Wood & Caldwell (maker)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Figure, Falstaff', on square base, with lustre shield


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Figure
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in enamel colours
Earthenware
Brief description
Figure, 'Falstaff', earthenware, probably by Wood & Caldwell, 1790-1810.
Physical description
Figure, Falstaff', on square base, with lustre shield
Dimensions
  • Height: 22.8cm
converted from register
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • '2' and '20' (painted in yellow to base)
  • Transliteration
    .
Credit line
Bought from the Haliburton Collection
Object history
Purchased, Haliburton collection
Production
maker attribution based on marked examples in the collection. After a model in Derby porcelain
Subject depicted
Falstaff
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Hildyard, Robin, English Pottery, 1620-1840, (London: V&A, 2005), p.164. ill.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
123-1874

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Record createdMay 5, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O229679/figure-wood--caldwell/
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