Not currently on display at the V&A

Bust

ca.1810 (made)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Bust of Shakespeare


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Bust
Materials and techniques
earthenware, moulded and painted in colours
Earthenware
Brief description
Bust, William Shakespeare, earthenware, possibly Staffordshire, ca.1810.
Physical description
Bust of Shakespeare
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.3cm
converted from registers
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Bought from the Haliburton Collection
Object history
Purchased, Haliburton Collection
Subject depicted
William Shakespeare
Bibliographic reference
Halfpenny, Pat, English Earthenware Figures: 1740-1840 (Antique Collectors' Club: 1995), ill. p.203 & p.290.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
82-1874

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Record createdApril 16, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224850/bust/
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