200. Busts

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Enamel-painted and Undecorated Busts

200.11a. Milton.

200.13a. Alexander Pope. Courtesy Christie's South Kensington, Oct. 29, 1992, lot 330.

200.13b. Bust of Pope. Impressed "Ra. Wood" and "90" and made by Ralph Wood. Courtesy John McInnis Auctions.

200.15a. Pair of busts of Matthew Prior (L) and James Thomson (R). Courtesy Skinner.

200.15a. A titled bust of Matthew Prior, An earlier example than that in 200.15a and almost certainly late eighteenth century. Courtesy Cheffins.

200.27a. Handel. H:9.5". Courtesy Etruria Antiques Gallery.

200.32a. Rousseau. Probably made by Ralph Wood.

200.39a. Titled DEMOSTHENES. Courtesy Hansons Auctions.

200.39b. Homer.

200.39c. Titles impressed HOMER and DEMOSTHENES. Courtesy Malcolm McGruder.

200.47a. Possibly from the same mold as 200.47, which is generally thought to represent Napoleon. Here the hair is painted differently, resulting in a close resemblance to the Duke of York! Courtesy eBay seller tops4china.

200.48a. Napoleon. Incised WHJ on reverse. Courtesy eBay seller katja2.

200.49a. Bust of Napoleon. Courtesy Bonhams.

200.49b. Bust of Napoleon. The date "1824" is inscribed behind. Courtesy Mitchell's Auctions

200.49c. Bust of Napoleon impressed "GENL JACKSON, PRESIDENT US."

200.52a. Bust of the Empress Josephine, decorated with silver luster. Courtesy Earle D. Vandekar.

200.53b. Bust of the Empress Josephine. Decorated with yellow glaze and black enamel.

200.55a. Bust of Czar Alexander,

20.55b. 200.148. Bust of Czar Alexander. Made by Tittensor.

200.55c. Bust of Czar Alexander, showing the TITTENSOR mark on the reverse.

200.55d. Czar Alexander, impressed ALEXANDER behind. H: 11.2". Courtesy Andrew Dando.

200.55e.. Czar Alexander,. Courtesy Stair Galleries.

200.55f. Czar Alexander. Saffron Walden Museum.

200.55g. Czar Alexander. Courtesy Christies South Kensingotn, from catalogue of Feb 15, 1996.

200.65a. Bust of the Duke of York on a soccle associated with "Sherratt." See 200.70 for similar soccle.

200.65b. DUKE OF YORK impressed on the reverse of the socle of the bust in the previous image.

200.75a. Possibly King George III. Courtesy Commemorative Ceramics.

200.80a. Attributed to "Sherratt." King William IV and Queen Adelaide.

200.80b. Like other "Sherratt" busts of Queen Adelaide but with modifications to earrings, crucifix, beit buckle.

200.80c. King William IV and Queen Adelaide. Courtesy Bridgeman Art Library.

200.80d. King William IV and Queen Adelaide, circa 1840. H: 19cms. Courtesy Gildings.

200.94a. Imrpessed ADML. DUNCAN. 200.94 also must portray Admiral Duncan. Courtesy eBay seller katja 2.

200.98b. Like 200.98, thought to be Earl St. Vincent, but here titledf Nelson.

200.98a. Bust of an unidentified officer. Courtesy Phil Masters.

200.96a. Bust of a military officer, probably the same as 200.96, which may portray Admiral Lord Duncan.

200.96b. Military or naval officer. Courtesy Pook & Pook.

200.97a. Bust of William Pitt the Younger. Like 200.97 but on a soccle associated with the late eighteenth century.

200.102a. Bust of Maria Foote. Painted on the reverse VENUS. Courtesy RTS Antiques.

200.104a. Bust titled R.W.TOM This bust is thought to represent an actor, possibly Charles Matthews or T.P. Cooke (see 200.103-104). This example is titled R. W. TOM but no actor of that name can be identified.

200.118a. Neptune, impresssed "1811" and incised "G.R." on the reverse. From the same molds as Neptune in 200.117. The markings are integral to the mold, and more than one potter may have owned this mold, it seems.

200.118b. Neptune, impressed "1811" and incised "G.R." on the reverse. From the same molds as Neptune in 200.117. The markings are integral to the mold, and more than one potter may have owned this mold, it seems.

200.118c. Bust of Neptune from different molds to those previously shown.

200.118d. Neptune from Read's "Staffordshire Pots and Potters."

200.134a. Rev. John Wesley. Courtesy Woolley and Wallis.

200.134b. Rev. John Wesley. Note the floral relief design on the socle. Courtesy Woolley and Wallis.

200.134c, d. Rev. John Wesley. Copyright Graham Portlock.

200.134e. Rev. John Wesley. H11".Courtesy Andrew Dando.

200.134f. Rev John Wesley. H4.5". Courtesy eBay seller mehorder.

200.134g. H: 4.5 inches. Courtesy eBay seller ***snow*flake***

200.134g. Rev. John Wesley. The socle is decorated with pink luster. H:10". Courtesy eBay seller mehorder.

200.134h. Height 26cm. Courtesy Wright Marshall Auctions.

200.135a. Rev. John Wesley. Made by Enoch Wood and inscribed on the reverse THE REVd JOHN WESLEY M.A. AGED 81. Courtesy Etruria Antiques.

200.135b. Reverse of 200.135a. As Wesley was 81 in 1784-1785, this bust was made in that period and is the earliest recorded version. Enoch Wood adapted the model to reflect Wesley's age, as seen in 200.135, where the age is given as 88. Courtesy Etruria Antiques.

200.137a. This bust is just like 200.137 but I show it again so that I may show the impression on the back, as in the next photo. Courtesy Skinner.

200.137b. This bust is impressed THE REV.D JOHN WESLEY M.A., DIED MAR 2, 1791, AGED 88. ENOCH WOOD SCULP., BURSLEM." By my reckoning, Wesley was 87 when he died, not 88. Courtesy Skinner.

200.137c. This bust is apparently from the same molds as the previous example, but the impression on the reverse is quite different, and it was made later, perhaps around 1840. Courtesy Crows Auction Gallery.

200.139a. Rev. John Wesley. Probably made by John Dale and with the same medallion on the back as the Dale bust shown in Vol. 4, fig. 200.138-139. Courtesy Fitzwiiliam Museum, Cambridge.

200.139b. Rev. John Wesley, reverse of 200.139a. Courtesy Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

200.140a. The Rev. George Whitefield in the Gloucester City Museum. Apparently from the same molds as the Enoch Wood bust in 200.140.

200.142a. BUst of the Rev. Whitefield. Courtesy madelena.com.

200.147a. Busts of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold. Porcelaneous. I think these are marked as made by J & R Riley in 1819.

200.149. Bust of Princess Charlotte

200. 150. Bust of Princess Charlotte. H: 19". Courtesy John Howard.

200.152. Bust of the Duke of Clarence. Courtesy Bonhams.

200.137d. The impression reads “THE REVEREND JOHN WESLEY, M.A., FELLOW OF LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD, AND FOUNDER OF METHODISM. HE SAT FOR THIS BUST BY MR. ENOCH WOOD, SCULPTOR. [SCULPTED??..indecipherable] 1781 AND DIED IN 1791, AGED 88 YEARS. IS HE NOT A BRAND PLUCKED OUT OF THE FIRE." Courtesy Crows Auction Gallery.

200.153. Bust of Lord Brougham, titled LORD BROUGHAM. H: 6.3". Courtesy Bonhams.

200.154. .Bust, perhaps George IV. Height 5.5".

200.154a. .Bust, perhaps George IV. Height 5.5". Courtesy eBay seller hippots.

200.154b. These busts are described as Staffordshire but may be porcelaneous. They are only 9cm high each, and each is set in an oval shadow box frame. The one on the left is George IV, and that on the right is George III. Courtesy Adams Auctions.

200.145a. Like 200.145 but on a different socle. Courtesy Morabool Antiques.

200.145b. Like 200.145 and 200.145a but on a different socle. Courtesy Millea Bros.

200.155. Bust said to be the Prince Regent. Also said to be pearlware, but I wouldn't want to bet on it. It may well have a pocelaneous body and be from the c1835 period.

200.156. William Pitt the younger, after the bust by Nollekens. Courtesy Bonhams.

200.157. Unrecorded bust of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. H: 10.5".

200.158.

200.159. Bust of unidentified figure. Sometimes said to be Charles James Fox because of the bushy eyebrows, and because Nollekens's marble bust of Fox (1792) portrays him draped thus.. Courtesy Bonhams.

200.160. Unidentified bust.

200.161. Unidentified bust. Courtesy Madelena.

200.162. Bust of unidentified gentleman. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

200.163. Mercury. From Rhead, Staffodshire Potts and Potters, p332, where is attributed to Warburton...I know not why.

200.164. Othello. Courtesy Fieldings.

200.165. Bust said to be Sadness. H: 4.7". Courtesy eBay seller kinrosscoll.

200.166. Reverse of previous bust said to be Sadness. H: 4.7". Courtesy eBay seller kinrosscoll.

200.167. Chaucer. Inscribed "Chaucer" on the reverse. Courtesy Robert Hawker.

200.169. This 22 inch bust was once, I think, enamel painted, but it endured a house fire. It portrays Henry Gwyther, Vicar of Yardley, and was made by Enoch Wood in 1825. Their is a lengthy inscription on the back of the bust, incised perhaps in Enoch Wood's hand, and it is dated. See the following images and contact me if you need more information. Courtesy eBay seller thatsworthmoney.

200.169a. Courtesy eBay seller thatsworthmoney.

200.169b. Inscription reads: "Henry Gwyther M.A. Trinity college Cambridge. Vicar of Yardley Worcestershire. Born in Bristol May 19th 1794. Presented by Enoch Wood Sen Of Burslem. To his much esteemed friend Oct 21.1825 E/Wood Fecit." Courtesy eBay seller thatsworthmoney.

200.169c. Courtesy eBay seller thatsworthmoney.

200.170. Bust probably of a reformer or evangelist, circa 1810. In the collection of Historic Deerfield, where it is very erroneously said to portray Mary Queen of Scots!!

200.171. Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV. H: 23". Courtesy Sotheby's NY.

200.172. Courtesy Bonhams, lot 116 1 Nov 2006.

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Underglaze-decorated and Color-glazed Busts

Unidentified. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

Handel. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Milton

Air. Courtesy Earle D, Vandekar.

Bust titled WESLEY, the Rev. John Wesley. Possibly made in Scotland or in Northeast England. Courtesy Rees Commemoratives.

Wesley. Courtesy John Howard.

Like the previous bust but untitled. Possibly made in Scotland or Northeast England, circa 1840. Courtesy eBay seller mehorder.

Wesley. Courtesy Christie's.

Wesley, just over 4" tall. *c) Dee, Atkinson, & Harrison.

Bust titled "Mr. Henfhaw." (c) Tennants

Nelson. Courtesy John Howard.

Charlotte Corday. Courtesy Sotheby's from Lewis's "Pratt Ware," second edition.

Alexander Pope. Courtesy Brighton and Hove Museums from Lewis's "Pratt Ware," second edition.

Admiral Duncan. From Lewis's "Pratt Ware," second edition.

Bust of the Rev. George Whitefield, probably made by Enoch Wood and from the same molds as the enamel-painted version shown in 200.140. Impressed on the reverse. Similarly impressed on back in oval white tablet: THE REVD / GEORGE WHITFIELD, / DIED SEPT. 30, 1770, / AGED 56 / ENOCH WOOD, SCULP. / BURSLEM. Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum, NY.

H: 10 cms. Courtesy eBay seller preemby.

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