Staffordshire pottery pearlware bust of WASHINGTON impressed Ra Wood Burslem circa 1790

Dated: 1790 Burslem Staffordshire England

This rare Staffordshire pottery bust of George Washington has a pearlware glaze and is decorated over-glaze with enamels. The back of this rare piece is impressed with WASHINGTON, and the inside of the socle base bears the name of the master potter Ra Wood Burslem. An almost identical bust is located in the Houston Museum of Fine Art, Texas ( https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/108800/bust-of-george-washington). Other examples are held at major museums such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Dimensions: 10 inches high

Current Condition: Professional restoration to chip under the hollow rim of the socle base.

Provenance: Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection Dallas TX

Literature: Page 235 Volume 4 Staffordshire Figures 1880-1840 by Myrna Schkolne. Page 27 "George Washington" This figure is shown in the catalogue of The Herbert and Nancy Hunt Collection, Holding The Past.

£4950    $6682