Saint George's conquest of the ferocious dragon was a popular subject in 18th-century England. This interpretation may have been based on a bronze sculpture by Francesco Fanelli (1580 - 1661) who worked in England during the reign of King Charles I.

This type of figure - the so-called 'Wood Family type' - was made by several generations of the Wood family of potters in Burslem, Staffordshire - Ralph Wood (1715 - 1772), John Wood (1746 - 1797), and Ralph Wood II (1748 - 1795).

Creamware, a type of earthenware covered with lead glaze, was first developed about 1760 by Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) to compete with the highly popular porcelain being produced at the time in France and Germany.

2003 - 2004: "Clay Bodies: Staffordshire Figurative Ceramics from the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Leslie Dornfeld," October 4, 2003 - April 4, 2004, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California

Representational Creamware sculpture

This object has the following keywords:

• Animals
• Ceramics
• Clay
• Decorative
• European
• Figure
• Glazed
• Horses
• male
• Male
• Realism
• Sculpture
• Staffordshire

• H: 11 1/2; W: 9 1/4; D: 5 1/2 inches Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (29.21 x 23.5 x 13.97 cm)

• Owner Name: Dunsdale Lodge Antiques
  Role: Vendor
  Place: Kent, England
  Dates: October 3, 1988
  
  
• Owner Name: Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Dornfeld
  Role: collectors
  Place: Los Angeles, California
  Dates: October 3, 1988, 2005
  
  

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