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Prancing horse

ca. 1780
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Prancing horse
  • Maker: Ralph Wood the Younger (British, Burslem 1748–1795 Burslem)
  • Date: ca. 1780
  • Culture: British, Burslem, Staffordshire
  • Medium: Lead-glazed earthenware
  • Dimensions: Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
  • Object Number: 43.100.14
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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