Enoch Wood Staffordshire Pearlware John Wesley Bust

pre-Victorian, circa 1830. 12.8ins high, 7.5ins wide, 4.5ins depth. Enoch Wood Staffordshire Pottery pearlware bust with a religious theme which features Reverend John Wesley.

There is a circular plaque to the reverse inscribed,

'THE REV.D JOHN WESLEY. M.A. DIED MAR 2. 1791. AGED 88. ENOCH WOOD SCULP BURSLEM.'.

Wesley's head and shoulders, stood on a plinth base. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.

Open bottomed. Maker's marks impressed.

Condition

CONDITION: Good.

Small abrasions to the top of the head.

A few paint losses to reverse.

KILN EFFECTS: glaze pops to the base;

kiln soot caught in the glaze to the front and reverse;

touch mark to the back of the head.

RESTORATION. Filled chip to base corner

and front hem of robe.

Retouched flakes to base edge.

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