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2002/30/2 Figure, kangaroo, earthenware with 'Moonstone' glaze, designed and modelled by John Skeaping, made by Wedgwood, England, 1933. Click to enlarge.
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Wedgwood kangaroo by John Skeaping

Wedgwood's kangaroo figure was modelled in 1927 by John Rattenbury Skeaping, a student of the sculptor Richard Garbe and a noted artist himself. Wedgwood commissioned Skeaping to design a series of 14 models of different animals, among them this kangaroo, in an attempt to attract greater interest in the very depleted markets (in the late 1920s Wedgwood suffered direct effects of the Wall Street crash). Only 10 models, including this kangaroo, were eventually put into production. Skeaping's …

Summary

Object No.

2002/30/2

Object Statement

Figure, kangaroo, earthenware with 'Moonstone' glaze, designed and modelled by John Skeaping, made by Wedgwood, England, 1933

Physical Description

A small, highly stylised figure of a kangaroo cast in eathenware with a 'Moonstone' white glaze. The kangaroo is standing on a rectangular, hollow plinth, looking forward. The plinth has moulded foliage in relief around the kangaroo. Manufacturer's marks are on the plinth and underside of base.

Marks

Manufacturer's mark inscribed on underside of base in black text "S / WEDGWOOD / ETRURIA-ENGLAND".
Manufacturer's mark stamped on 'back' panel of plinth "J SKEAPING WEDGWOOD".
Inscription on two identical white labels adhered to underside of base, typed in black "N634 5".
Inscriptions on labels adhered to underside of base, handwritten in black ink "7B" and "A10".

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Dimensions

Height

231 mm

Width

227 mm

Depth

78 mm

Source

Credit Line

Gift of L Richard Smith, 2002

Acquisition Date

25 March 2002

Cite this Object

Harvard

Wedgwood kangaroo by John Skeaping 2023, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 28 March 2023, <https://ma.as/11330>

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/11330 |title=Wedgwood kangaroo by John Skeaping |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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