Date:1785 - 1800 (c.)
Description:Pearlware over-glaze painted figure, height 580mm . Priapus, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, was a Greek fertility god. Maenads were the female followers of the cult of Dionysus, whose worship was characterised by wine-induced frenzies, during which they believed themselves to be at one with the god. This figure was modelled after a marble, known in the 18th century as Bacchus and Ariadne. Detail of figures. 'Enoch Wood, Sculpsit.' is painted on the back of the figure. Made by Enoch Wood of Burslem.
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Pearlware over-glaze painted figure, height 580mm . Priapus, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, was ...
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Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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