Large Scale Staffordshire Pearlware Figure of Ceres or Plenty

Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Venus, circa 1810 The extremely large figure depicts Venus, Aphrodite of the Classical Greek legend. This model is of great rarity. Venus, is superbly painted, depicted in purple robes with green edging as she rise from the foam of the sea The condition is excellent. Only one other example is known- see below. Dimensions: 24 1/4 inches high x 8 1/2 inches wide x 8 inches deep See: Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Family, Friendship, Play, & Classical Subjects, Vol 4, Page 186, Figure 194.37 from the Collection of Arnold and Barbara Berlin, although this example is plainly decorated with a white dress with scattered flowers and a Greek Key border to the plain base. History of Venus Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Venus was born from the foam of the sea after Uranus, the sky god, was castrated by his son Cronus. She was carried to the island of Cythera by seashells and then to Mount Olympus, where she became the wife of Vulcan, the god of fire. Venus in Art Venus has been a popular subject for artists since ancient times. She is often depicted as a beautiful woman, nude or partially clothed, and is often accompanied by symbols of love and beauty, such as doves, roses, and apples. Some of the most famous depictions of Venus include the Venus de Milo, a marble sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, and the Venus of Urbino...

Staffordshire Pearlware Teapot and Cover with Inlaid Agate Surface and Acorn Finial, Attributed to the Ralph Wedgwood, circa 1795. The squat ov...

Great Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, 'Venus and Cupid' Figure attributed to Neale & Co, circa 1790. The large pearlware early English pearl...

Staffordshire pearlware teapot and cover with inlaid agate surface, Attributed to the Ralph Wood Family, circa 1780 The squat oval pearlware pott...

Large Staffordshire figure of Benjamin Franklin, Named Franklin on base, mid-19th century This Staffordshire figure of Benjamin Franklin has a white base with the words Franklin mol...

English Pearlware pottery blue printed tray, The Angry Lion Pattern, Circa 1815-20 The English pottery footed tray is pearlware and is printed with a rar...

Staffordshire Pearlware model of a stag seated on a waisted green-washed rectangular base. From the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller. Circa ...

Staffordshire Pearlware Bocage figure watch holder, circa 1820. It is decorated in the round, (to the front and back.) This is a fine example of a Staffordshire pottery pearlware wat...

Staffordshire pottery pearlware seated dog, c. 1830. Attractively modelled, as a black spotted dog, seated upon a cushion. The green and blue enamelled cushion, applied with two flow...

Staffordshire Pearlware bocage pack of red spaniel puppies or sheep- A rare whimsical grouping of three seated red and white animals under a tree on an oval naturalistic base.      

A good rare Prattware pottery model of a baby's cradle. Decorated with orange and blue intersecting circles throughout the body and embellished ye...

Pair of Staffordshire Pearlware models of a stag and hind, each spotted deer modeled recumbent on a grassy mound. From the collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller...