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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Bust

ca. 1930-1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. H. Goss (maker)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (city) (made)

Bust of Sir Isaac Pitman in parian ware. Bust-length portait of a bearded gentleman facing right. He wears a jacket, double-breasted waistcoat and bow tie. Waisted profile-moulded socle.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Portraits
Object type
Bust
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bust
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Parian ware, moulded
Parian
Moulded
Brief description
Bust of Sir Isaac Pitman in parian ware, W. H. Goss, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1930-1939
Physical description
Bust of Sir Isaac Pitman in parian ware. Bust-length portait of a bearded gentleman facing right. He wears a jacket, double-breasted waistcoat and bow tie. Waisted profile-moulded socle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A falcon gorged by a coronet and perched on a torso. (Transfer-printed in green)
  • 'T.Brock. R.A/ Sc. / LONDON 1887' (On the back)
  • 'SIR ISAAC PITMAN' (On front of socle)
Credit line
Given by Miss Enid Briggs
Production
Taken from an earlier mould
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.95:1, 2-1972

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O334943/bust-w-h-goss/
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