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Figure (Bust of Minerva (or Athena))
1790-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2005.0043
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Doris C. Pohl
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Object Number
2005.0043
Object Name
Figure (Bust of Minerva (or Athena))
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1790-1810
Subject(s)
- Classical
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Press-molded
- Painted
- Enameled
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Enameled and luster example possibly from same mold: July 31-August 1, 2009, lot 1164, impressed "MINERVA" on back of socle, probably Enoch Wood, c. 1800Book: Hall, John. 1972 Staffordshire Portrait Figures.
• Bust of Minerva, probably same model: p.73, pl. 56, attributed to Wood and Caldwell, c. 1812-19. Differently enameled.