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Earthenware Figure of a Hound

MakerMade by Geoffrey Fuller (Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 1936 - 2022)

MakerMade by The Three Stags' Heads Pottery (Wardlow Mires, Derbyshire)

StudentTaught by John Reeve (Barrie, Ontario, Canada, 1929 - 2012)

StudentTaught by Henry Hammond (1914 - 1989)

StudentTaught by Paul Barron (1917 - 1983)

StudentTaught by Gemma Bon Tempo

StudentTaught by Agnete Hoy (Southall, England, 1914 - 2000)

StudentTaught by Lisa Enquist

StudentTaught by Ron Hackney

CollectorCollected by Sandy Dunbar (London, England, 1929 - 2012)

Date2002-2003

Object NameFigure

Mediumearthenware

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 140 × 55mm
Base (Width x Length): 47 × 111mm

AcquisitionThe Sandy Dunbar Studio Ceramics Collection presented in 2023 by Crinan Dunbar and Rebecca Russell.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS095708.179

Keywords

About MeThis earthenware hand-modelled figure of a seated hound, possibly a lurcher, is typical of Geoffrey Fuller's humorous style. Fuller loved dogs, particulalry whippets and hounds and sculpted them with great understanding. Here the animal sits attentively with its tail curled around its back legs as though waiting patiently for a call to get up.

Fuller was influenced by traditional slipware and folk traditions, echoed in the soft colour palette of the hound's body.

Geoffrey Fuller’s ceramic workshop was attached to an 18th-century Derbyshire pub, the Three Stags’ Heads, which he ran for about 35 years alongside his pottery.