Earthenware Figure of a Horse

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Earthenware Figure of a Horse

About the Item

A naive figure of a pearlware horse standing on an oblong grassy green base. The figure is well modeled and simply decorated with a sponged decoration replicating the coat of a dappled gray. The artist painted a saddle blanket of white and yellow checks with a blue strap to hold it in place. This rare figure is in remarkably fine condition. Made in the late 18th century, circa 1790. Dimensions: 6.5 inches long x 2 inches wide x 6 inches tall Condition: Excellent small invisible restoration to the tip of one ear Price: $7800 History Pearlware is a type of creamware which has cobalt added to the glaze. Creamware is the name given to a type of pottery which is made from white clays from Dorset and Devonshire combined with an amount of calcined flint. This body is the same as that used for salt-glazed stoneware, but it is fired to a lower temperature (around 800 °C as opposed to 1,100 to 1,200 °C). The white clays ensured a fine body and the addition of flint improved its resistance to thermal shock during firing, whilst flint added to the glaze helped prevent crazing. Foremost of the pioneers of creamware in the Staffordshire Potteries was Thomas Whieldon. The young Josiah Wedgwood was in partnership with Thomas Whieldon from 1754-1759 and after Wedgwood had left to set up his own business he directed his efforts to the development of creamware. Wedgwood improved creamware by introducing china-clay into both the body and glaze and so was able to produce creamware of a much paler color, lighter and stronger and more delicately worked, perfecting the ware by circa 1770. His superior creamware, known as ‘Queen's ware’, was supplied to Queen Charlotte and Catherine the Great and later became hugely popular. There were few changes to creamware after, circa 1770 and the Wedgwood formula was gradually adopted by most manufacturers.

Dimensions:
Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 2 in (5.08 cm)Depth: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)
Style:
Folk Art (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Creamware,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Late 18th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1790
Condition:
small invisible restoration to the tip of one ear.
Seller Location:
Katonah, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU866510122493