Description
English Oval Pearlware Relief-Moulded Plaque, Attributed to Ralph Wood, c. 1790, after the model by Voyez, with foliate scroll border, moulded with ‘The judgement of Paris’ in landscape. 22cm in height, great provenance on the reverse, D.M. Wood collection label, no. 115, applied with late 19th-century ink manuscript note relating to the Wood family. There is a similar example in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (c.36 193).
An exceptionally rare piece given its delicacy, which has survived in remarkable condition, with only a few minor blemishes, two tips of the scrolled flower border, and a surface abrasion on the raised border at approx. 8 o/clock position.
Lee Sherman Antiques has dated this Pearlware Relief Moulded Plaque to c1790/1800
