RW Figures - Myrna Schkolne: Early Staffordshire Figures

Ralph Wood Figures

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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). See A5 below.
#10 Lost Piece Found (Falkner). See A10 below.
#19 Reclining hind (Falkner).
#21 Venus with Dolphin (See A21; note Venus without dolphin, A57)
#23 George and the Dragon (Falkner)
#33 Bull baiting (Falkner. See A33 below).
#43 Dr. Franklin (Falkner. See A43 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).
#62 Vicar and Moses (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.)
#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. Possibly misidentified as numerous potters made this model.
#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 unnumbered but matches a counterpart with impressed numbers in Section I above. The number on the picture corresponds to the number in Section 1.
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, A48, A59 (Baccus) match 47, 48, 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.