Object Number 1993.0031

Object Name

Figure (Daniel Webster)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Thomas Ball (Modeler)
1819-1911

Minton factory (Possible maker)
1793

Place of Origin

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1853

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Reverse on base; Incised: "T BALL. Sculp/ Boston Mass./ 1853/ PATENT assigned to G.W. Nichols Boston".
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed on the edge: "N" (month letter: November), a horseshoe (year cypher: 1853), and a three pronged trident mark
3. Mark; Underside; Three asterisks

Subjects

Daniel Webster; American themed ceramics; Political figure; Government

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste, biscuit or parian)

Techniques

Molded

Dimensions (inches)

25.5 (H) , 10 (L) , 8 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

64.77 (H) , 25.4 (L) , 20.32 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Godden, Geoffrey A. 1968 Minton Pottery & Porcelain of the First Period 1793- 1850.
• Mark information: pp. 16- 18, p. 22
[Catalogue] Christie's, Inc. 06/23/1993 Important American Furniture, Silver, Folk Arts, and Decorative Arts Sale, June 23, 1993.
• Published: Lot 121
[Article] Denker, Ellen Paul. 2002 Parian Porcelain Statuary: American Sculptors and the Introduction of Art in America. Ceramics in America. 62-79.
• Possibly from the same mold: pp. 69-70, fig. 6, modeled by Thomas Ball (1819-1911), Boston, 1852. (See Notes)