Lot: 16 - English Quail Form Box and Cover Lot: 15 - Wedgwood Enameled 'Queen's Ware' Pyramidal Jelly Mold Core Lot: 14 - Staffordshire Pearl Glazed Earthenware Castle Form Spill Vase Lot: 13 - Pair of English Polychromed Earthenware Models of Flowers in Urns Lot: 12 - English Creamware Armorial Plate Lot: 11 - Staffordshire Pearl Glazed Earthenware Watch Holder Lot: 10 - Pair of White Glazed Figures of Musicians, Probably Bow
Lot: 9 - Pair of Staffordshire Red Stoneware Small Flower Pots and Stands
Lot: 8 - Staffordshire Polychrome Salt Glazed Stoneware Reticulated Octofoil Dish Lot: 7 - English Polychromed Creamware Centerpiece Lot: 6 - Staffordshire Enameled Creamware Shaped Circular Domed Jelly Mold Core, Attributed to Neale & Co. Lot: 5 - Pair of English Creamware Artichoke Form Boxes Lot: 4 - Pair of Staffordshire Pearl Glazed Models of Recumbent Hounds Lot: 3 - Pair of Wedgwood Black Glazed Stands Lot: 2 - Barr, Flight and Barr Porcelain Crested Fruit Cooler, Cover and Liner Some underglaze blue sprigs noted on Swansea pearlware have similarities to those used on the Welshman jugs.Lot: 1 - Pair of Chelsea Kakiemon Octagonal Plates Among other possible creamware and pearlware makers it is worth considering the Cambrian Pottery in Swansea. Most early authors have stated that this is not a product of the Wood family and it is quite different to the Midshipman family by Jacob Marsh. An example in the Christopher Bibby Collection was sold by Christie's 6 October 1970, lot 9 and another from the Sir Harold Mackintosh Collection was sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 113. One was in the Bute Collection, lot 52 and one in the Price Collection, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.XLVI, fig.34. Only two other creamware examples are recorded, one in the Bute Collection, Christie's 8 July 1996, lot 53, and the other exhibited by Jonathan Horne in 2003. A decade or so later the goat mascot supports this 'Welsh Country Gentleman', to give this jug its alternative name.
The tradition goes back to the American War of Independence in 1775 when a wild goat wandered onto the battlefield at Bunker Hill and ended up leading the Welsh regimental Colours off the battlefield. Welsh regiments have had a goat as their mascot since the 18th century. Sadly, there is no evidence to support this claim. Price first suggested that this curious jug was meant to represent Sir Watkin William Wynn, celebrated Master of the Cycle Club and one of the most notorious Welshmen of his day. While the idea of a Welshman mounted on a goat may just be an attempt at bawdy humour, in his catalogue in 1922, Capt. James and Timmey Challenger Collection, Chicago The portly gentleman seated with a goat beneath his legs, his head turned to one side, holding a foaming jug with both hands, wearing a mottled green coat, light blue waistcoat and brown breeches, shoes and hat, 26.3cm high Footnotes
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