Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection

Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection

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A WEDGWOOD VERY LARGE BLACK BASALT BUST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LATE 18TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

October 23, 06:38 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A WEDGWOOD VERY LARGE BLACK BASALT BUST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE LATE 18TH CENTURY


modeled wearing doublet and shirt collar, raised on a separate socle base, the reverse of the shoulder embossed in uppercase SHAKESPEARE, and lowercase Wedgwood mark, the underside of the socle with uppercase WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY mark.

Height 19 in.

48.2 cm

Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, December 1, 1977, lot 65

In February 1774 the sculptor John Cheere supplied Wedgwood with busts of Shakespeare, Plato, Homer and Aristotle at half a guinea each, Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, London,1989, Vol I, p. 450. A bust of this larger size was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, January 15, 1976, lot 28.