Myrna Schkolne: Early Staffordshire Figures

My week got off to a great start when I received an email from a collector who owns a Ralph Wood figure with an impressed number, 163. The figure is enamel painted. I have added it to our Ralph Wood Figures page (under the MAKERS tab on the top menu bar.)

So why is this so earthshaking? Two reasons:

• Nobody has recorded a RW figure impressed 163, be it in enamels or colored glazes. So we have expanded the list of RW figures.
• Our research had attributed a look-alike of this figure to Ralph Wood, based on its attributes alone. Clearly, our methodology is correct!  That figure can now be found number A163 in Section II of RW figures.

And, tantalizingly, the owner of RW 163 also believes he has 162 somewhere. He is looking. Stay tuned for updates!