Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments from the Nineteenth Century in the Collection

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Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments from the Nineteenth Century in the Collection
Staffordshire Chimney Ornaments from the Nineteenth Century in the Collection
Lea Rosson, curator
University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas

Certain pieces of earlier Stafforshire work show a desire to imitate costlier and more finely-made figures such as Derby of Chelsea. The firm of Ralph Wood and his family produced figures in which the entire figure--back and front--was modeled and painted. Certain parts were hand-modeled. By the early 19th century, such figures were still being produced, but the painting in particular shows a decline in quality. As the century advanced, fewer figures were made which required hand-modeling, or were completely painted. These pieces provide one ink between the 18th century traditions of craftsmanship and the 19th century demands for mass production.

Works of art

Wood & Cadwell, James Quinn as Falstaff chimney ornament
Wood & Cadwell
circa late 1700s
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Venus chimney ornament
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
early 1800s
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, George Washington chimney ornament
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
early 1800s
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Prince Albert chimney ornament
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1841
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Queen Victoria chimney ornament
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1841
Musician chimney ornament
circa 1840–1860
Goatherd chimney ornament
circa 1850–1860
Cottage chimney ornament
circa 1850–1860
Cottage
circa 1830–1870
The Rival chimney ornament
circa 1870–1880
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Greyhound chimney ornament
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1800s
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Greyhound chimney ornament
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1800s
Sitting Greyhound
circa 1870–1880
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, spaniel chimney ornament
Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
circa 1870–1880
Jumbo
1882

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