Bust and Pedestal

1798 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait bust and separate socle. He faces forward, wearing full naval uniform, but no hat. The front of the square waisted socle has a relief with a naval battle scene.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Bust
  • Pedestal
Materials and techniques
'Pearl' stoneware (Chetham & Wolley's unglazed feldspathic stoneware)
Brief description
Bust of Admiral Lord Duncan, and pedestal, Chetham & Wolley's 'pearl body' (feldspathic stoneware), Lane End, Staffordshire, 1798
Physical description
Portrait bust and separate socle. He faces forward, wearing full naval uniform, but no hat. The front of the square waisted socle has a relief with a naval battle scene.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 11.460kg
  • Conversion from imperial 23.5 inches height: 59.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • "ADMIRAL / LORD VISCOUNT DUNCAN / WHO DEFEATED THE DUTCH FLEET, / COMMANDED / BY ADMIRAL DE WINTER, / OFF THE COAST OF HOLLAND, / ON WEDNESDAY THE 11TH OF OCTOBER / 1797" impressed (Dated 1798)
  • "CHETHAM AND WOOLLEY, LANE END" impressed
Object history
Bought from William Chaffers, who described it in the several successive editions of Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain.
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Colin Wyman, The Stoneware of Chetham & Woolley, c. 1795-1820, English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol. 18, part 2 (2008), pp. 238-40
Collection
Accession number
390-1872

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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