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Bust (figure) (John Milton)
John Milton
John Cheere
1810-1850
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Cheere (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Possibly Pennsylvania; Possibly Staffordshire; Possibly Mid-Atlantic; United States or England; North America or Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2009.0027
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund
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Object Number
2009.0027
Object Name
Bust (figure) (John Milton)
Title
John Milton
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Cheere (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Possibly Pennsylvania; Possibly Staffordshire; Possibly Mid-Atlantic; United States or England; North America or Europe
Origin Notes
Although many design and material aspects of this object suggest an American origin, the fact that an example (possibly from the same mold) was sold in England opens the possibility that this object was produced in that country.
Date
1810-1850
Subject(s)
- Literary scene
- John Milton
- Illustrious Moderns
- Literature
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Stamped (impressed)
Dimensions (inches)
8.701 (H) x 5.827 (W) x 3.94 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
22.1 (H) x 14.8 (W) x 10 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Roeber, Catharine Christie Dann. 2011 Seeing Red: Southeastern Pennsylvania Earthenware from Winterthur. Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue). pp. 5-11.
• Published on p. 11, fig. 15.Web Site: 06/08/2015 Ebay (Buckinghamshire Antiques). Ebay 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/TREACLE-GLAZE-POTTERY-BUST-MILTON-BENNINGTON-FIGURE-ANTIQUE-ENGLISH-STAFFORSHIRE-/251976949628?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aaaff1f7c&nma=true&si=ZafqhcxhxIDB4x8A1kgoMJ%252FjDfE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
• Sale of example possibly from same mold: Buckinghamshire Antiques (England), Ebay sale (6/8/15), very similar, but appears narrower (photo distortion?). English sale suggests possible English origin of busts.Catalogue: Sotheby's (auction catalogue).
• Polychrome-enameled pearlware version of same bust, more elegantly modelled: October 13, 2001 sale, lot 29, after Jean-Michel Rysbrack model, c. 1810-15Catalogue: Temple Newsam House, Leeds & Temple Newsam House, Leeds. 1974 The Man at Hyde Park Corner: Sculpture by John Cheere 1709-1787 (exhib. cat. May 5- June 15, 1974).
• Full-length Cheere bronzed plaster version: pl. 11, no. 54, bronzed plaster inscribed "Jno Cheere Ft 1749" and "Milton"; pl. 13, no. 55, Derby biscuit porcelain version, c. 1780, with extensive comments.Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Wedgwood basalt full-length Milton (after same source) and Shakespeare: vol. II, p. 757, no. 1248, marked WEDGWOOD with names impressed on plinths. c. 1870Article: Clifford, Timothy. 2004 "Derby Porcelain and the British Monumental Sculpture Tradition 1760-1775". Derby Porcelain International Society. 5: 118-132.
• Full-length Derby porcelain & John Cheere models: pp. 120-24, figs. 9-11Book: Harding, Adrian & Harding, Nicholas. 1998 Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875. 1.
• 19th-century Staffordshire figures of Milton, some with Shakespeare: pp. 86-88, figs. 201 P-207.Book: Bradshaw, Peter. 1981 18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795.
• Bristol porcelain (white) full-length figure of Milton: p. 252, pl. 154, c. 1774-76Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Glass bust portraying Milton (or possibley John Wesley): p. 365, no. 1417, in colorless glass on waisted socle, England, c. 1850