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Ralph Wood Staffordshire Pearlware Medici Lion

Creator: Staffordshire
Offered by: Madelena Antiques

Description
Ralph Wood Staffordshire Pottery Earthenware Colour Glazed figure which features a Medici lion, stood on a plinth base. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse. This piece represents the antique marble lions which stand at the entrance of the Loggia dei Lanzi, a building in Florence, Italy. Maker's marks impressed to reverse. Book reference ,'English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840' by Pat Halfpenny, page 96

Condition Details - Flake to the lions back. KILN EFFECTS: glaze run to the grey glaze; glaze accumulation to the lion's stomach; flecks of stray coloured glaze to the base; shrinkage crack to the lion's head and tail. RESTORATION. Remodelled tongue. Filled chips.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Origin:	England
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Earthenware
Condition:	Good. Good.
Creation Date:	1780
Styles / Movements:	Staffordshire, Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	21019
Incollect Reference #:	424473

Dimensions

W.	11 in;	H.	8.1 in;	D.	4.7 in;
W.	27.94 cm;	H.	20.57 cm;	D.	11.94 cm;

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