id:			124680
accession number:	1946.165
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.165
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Old Woman Feeding Chickens, c. 1770. Staffordshire Factory (British). Earthenware; overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson 1946.165

title:				Old Woman Feeding Chickens
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creation date:			c. 1770
creation date earliest:		1765
creation date latest:		1775
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creditline:			Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
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culture:	England, Staffordshire, 18th century
technique:	earthenware
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Staffordshire Factory (British)  - artist
The largest group of English ceramic factories, producing vast quantities of useful and ornamental wares from the 17th Century to the present day (generally lead-glazed or salt-glazed, never tin-glazed, earthenwares but also types of porcelain especially from the early 19th Century). They began as a purely national industry but were influencing Continental factories in the late 18th Century and were carrying on an export trade with all parts of the world in the 19th Century. They are situated in the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent, in the district commonly known as The Potteries or the Five Towns (Burslem, Stoke, Hanley, Tunstall and Longton, though also including Longport, Fenton, Cobridge, Shelton, Lane Delph - now called Middle Fenton - and Lane End).
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measurements: Overall: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	R. Thornton Wilson, New York.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen. "Figure by Ralph Wood, Jr. and a Salt-Glaze Jardiniere and Teapot." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>34, no. 1 (January 1947): 5-6.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 2; Mentioned: p. 5
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141329

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