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The information on this page contains much new material on Ralph Wood, including new mold numbers, but it is incomplete and requires revision. This material is part of ongoing research, scheduled for future publication, after which this page will be updated.  You may not publish this information in any format, including electronic formats.  Please enjoy, but know that I enforce my copyright.

Ralph Wood Figures

Since preparing this page, I have discovered a few additonal figures. My work on this is to be published in the English Ceramic Circle Transactions 2013.
 

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I. Ralph Wood enamel-painted figures with impressed numbers

Other enamel-painted figures recorded with impressed numbers:
  • #5     Clown, sweep, winter (Halfpenny). Recorded as 6 above and A6 below. Also titled "Sloth".
  • #8     Gardener (Falkner). Probably same as A8 below.  See also Gardener 9 and A9 with a different head. 
  • #10   Lost Piece Found (Falkner).  See A10 below.
  • #19   Reclining hind (Falkner).
  • #21   Venus with cupid. (See A21; note Venus without cupid, 57, A57)
  • #23  Neptune (Falkner).
  • #23   George and the Dragon (Falkner)
  • #33   Bull baiting (Falkner. See A33 below).
  • #49   Known as "Dutch Boy" and described by Falkner as a "Fruit Boy."
  • #53   Minerva (probably the same figure as Minerva shown above impressed 59).
  • #55   "Old Age", woman with crutches. (Falkner)
  • #67 Girl with pitcher on head. (Falkner)
  • #67  Gasconian (Halfpenny. See 65, 66, 68 above)
  • #74  Sweep (Falkner). As #5?
  • #80  Bust of Handel. (Burnap Collection #548, marked example.)
  • #81  Bust of Milton (Falkner).
  • #82  Bust of a divine (Falkner).
  • #99  Gasconian. (Falkner. Probably the same as #66.)
  • #112   Bust of Shakespeare (Falkner).
  • #118   St Peter (Falkner. Probably as #117)
  • #119   St John (Falkner).
  • #121   St Philipp (Falkner. Probably as #119.)
  • #123   Bust of Voltaire (Falkner).
  • #127   Small bust of Milton, not as #81 (Falkner).
  • #135   Cymon/Simon (Falkner. See A135 in Section II below.) Halfpenny records "Falconer" impressed 135.
  • #136   Iphigenia (Falkner. See example without number in Section II below.)
  • #152   St Andrew. Same as #122. Sold at Sothebys NY sale 6226, October 25 1991, lot 244.
  • #165   Boy and Squirrel spill vase (Falkner).
  • #169   Fortune with cornucopia (Falkner). Possibly the same as "Plenty" recorded here in Section III.
Note: Some of the above figure forms occur with different impressed numbers when decorated in colored glazes.Enamel-painted figures misidentified by others as Ralph Wood because of the presence of impressed numbers.
  • #3 Charlotte weeping (Falkner). Possibly an Enoch Wood figure.
  • #4 St John (Halfpenny). Example cited definitely not Ralph Wood.
  • #11 Venus (Halfpenny). Example cited definitely not Ralph Wood. Possibly Enoch Wood.
  • #12 Nun (Halfpenny). Reported to have been Enoch Wood.
  • #27. Nell (Halfpenny). This figure and Jobson occur impressed 27 and were made by Enoch Wood.
  • #27. Sportsman (Falkner). The figure in Halfpenny, p.139, impressed 27, is an Enoch Wood figure and Falkner may have made this error too.
  • #32. Lion paw on ball. (Halpenny) Possibly misidentified as numerous potters made this model.
  • #62 "Vicar and Moses" (Falkner). Probably not Ralph Woodl
  • #97. Archeress (Falkner). Listed as a pair to 27. Probably not Ralph Wood.
  • #131. Two boys scuffling.

 II. Ralph Wood enamel-painted figures from the same molds used for figures with impressed numbers.

Each figure in Section II is not numbered but is attribute to Ralph Wood either because it matches a counterpart with impressed numbers listed or pictured in Section I above, or because it corresponds with a recorded colored glaze version of the figure. The number on the picture corresponds to the picture or list number in Section 1, or to the number used on a colored glaze figure.
 
The "A" before each number indicates that the figure is attributed to the Ralph Wood group. Multiple features support attribution. A number alone is not sufficient.
Note: A47,  A59 (Baccus) match 47, 57 in Falkner, which are only listed as decorated in colored glazes.

III. Other figures attributed to Ralph Wood.

These figures are attributed to Ralph Wood because of multiple common characteristics shared with the figures in Section I.  Click here to see these attributes. Note the homogenous appearance of the figure forms in Section I, II, and III, which attests to their common origin.
Note: there are multiple unmarked busts that may well have been made by Ralph Wood. Others subsequently used the same molds and, in the absence of distinguishing attributes, it is impossible to attribute the Ralph Wood wares.

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