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Master Mold for a Spout

Date1748 (dated)

Artist/Maker Ralph Wood

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumSatl-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOL: 5 3/4"; OD: 1 1/8" (large end)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-52

DescriptionMaster mold: white salt-glazed stoneware master mold for an 8-sided faceted S-shaped spout. Incised "RW / 1748" on the large end.Inscription(s)Incised "RW / 1748" on the large end.ProvenanceWith Tilley & Co., 2 Symons St., London, England (1967) who acquired it from Newbon.

Purchased by Newbon from Sotheby's, London, England, "Catalogue of English Pottery" sale, January 10, 1967, Lot 88 (part 2)

Ex collection: Charles F. C. Luxmoore (one of three similar spouts, all marked, in Luxmoore's collection.