John Rattenbury Skeaping, RA was an English sculptor and equine painter and sculptor. He designed animal figures for Wedgwood, and his life-size statue of Secretariat is exhibited at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Akua-ba, 1931, Tate
Skeaping's life-size statue of Secretariat at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York
Mill Reef (1972), Rokeby Stables, Upperville, Virginia.
Monkeys
Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. It was rapidly successful and was soon one of the largest manufacturers of Staffordshire pottery, "a firm that has done more to spread the knowledge and enhance the reputation of British ceramic art than any other manufacturer", exporting across Europe as far as Russia, and to the Americas. It was especially successful at producing fine earthenware and stoneware that were accepted as equivalent in quality to porcelain but were considerably cheaper.
Typical "Wedgwood blue" jasperware (stoneware) plate with white sprigged reliefs.
Wedgwood pieces (left to right): c. 1930, c. 1950, 1885
A transfer printed creamware Wedgwood tea and coffee service. c. 1775, Victoria & Albert Museum, in the "Liverpool Birds" pattern. Fashionable but relatively cheap wares like these were the backbone of Wedgwood's early success.
Four creamware plates, transfer printed with stories from Aesop's Fables, the other decoration hand-painted. 1770s.
