Bust
1879 (made), before 1878 (designed)
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Bust of Llewellynn Jewitt, a distinguished pioneer of ceramic history. Of unglazed white parian. Head and shoulders, on turned pedestal. He was depicted as an elderly man with long forked beard in a suit, tie and waistcoat.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Unglazed white parian, hollow-cast |
| Brief description | Bust of Llewellynn Jewitt, FSA. Made by W H Goss Ltd in Staffordshire. Parian ware, English, 1879. |
| Physical description | Bust of Llewellynn Jewitt, a distinguished pioneer of ceramic history. Of unglazed white parian. Head and shoulders, on turned pedestal. He was depicted as an elderly man with long forked beard in a suit, tie and waistcoat. |
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| Object history | Inscriptions: (on the original model) 'Llewellynn Jewitt F.S.A.' and 'WW Gallimore F (?)'; on the plaster from which this mould was taken (or on a soft cast), in freehand: 'This bust of Llewellynn Jewitt F.S.A. etc. etc. was made expressly for presentation to his son, - Mr Edwin Augustus George Jewitt - on the occasion of his 21st birthday, the 13th October 1879, as a mark of the highest esteem for both, by their devoted friend (signed) William Henry Goss' The Vendor, recently retired Principal of Glasgow School of Art, acquired this, along with other Jewitt memorabilia, from his lifelong friend Georgina Jewitt, daughter of Edwin and grand-daughter of Llewellynn Jewitt. William Goss was her Godfather. Further descriptions of her life and circumstances are given on letters on the RPs. The bust and its making are described in Jewitt's Ceramic Art ..., Vol. II, p. 226. Goss employed Gallimore to model expressly for production in parian ware. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jewitt, L. Ceramic Art in Great Britain, 1878 |
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| Accession number | C.1-1982 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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