Ralph Wood

Ralph Wood I was apprenticed to John Astbury in 1730, then worked with Thomas Whieldon at Fenton Low where he learned to make coloured glazes. In 1754 he started making his own salt-glazed wares at Burslem, and by about 1760 was creating ceramic figures of humans and animals, mostly famously stags. He is credited with introducing the Toby jug, with his first being "Toby Philpot" circa 1762. He supplied Wedgwood with some models.

Experts have become more cautious in attributing individual pieces to his pottery, and many are now described by terms such "Whieldon-type".