Bust

Description

Large bust of the playwright and poet William Congreve of black basalt ware probably based on a plaster bust supplied by James Hoskins and Benjamin Grant in 1774-75, advertised for sale in 1777: English, Staffordshire, Etruria, by Wedgwood and Bentley, c. 1777

Museum reference

A.1972.129

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Bust

Production information

Wedgwood and Bentley
Etruria, Staffordshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1777

Materials

Earthenware

Physical description

Earthenware, black basalt

Associations

Depicted: Congreve

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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