Lot 216
STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Auction: 4 September 2019 at 11:00 BST
£500
Description
of Ralph Wood type, in manganese, brown, and green glaze
Dimensions
30cm high
Footnote
Note: This model appears to corresponds to two earthenware figures of St George and the Dragon attributed to Ralph Wood the younger, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, dated to c. 1783-1800, one of which is stamped.
For a similar example also see Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840 (Antiques Collector's Club, 1991), p. 101.