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Taurus the Bull

Wedgwood, Josiah, and Sons Ltd

Machin, Arnold

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Figure of a bull, creamware body with yellowish glaze, modelled in a stylised manner and standing on four squat legs, with raised tail and lowered head; the body of the figure is covered transfer-printed decoration in the 'Zodiac' pattern, comprising lithograph prints of zodiac signs and symbols in pink, yellow, dark brown, and grey, and painted in dark brown enamel, the details of the bull's head and tail painted in dark brown enamel. In a glazed wood display case.

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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 39756

Creation/Production

Wedgwood, Josiah, and Sons Ltd
Machin, Arnold
Date: 1946-1949

Acquisition

Transfer, 21/7/2023

Techniques

Slip-cast
Forming
Applied Art
Transfer-printed
Decoration
Applied Art
Enamels
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Creamware

Location

In store
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  • Applied Art
  • Astrology
  • Bull
  • Ceramics
  • Earthenware
  • English Earthenware
  • Farm Animal
  • Wedgwood, Josiah, And Sons Ltd
  • Zodiac

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