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Object Details
- Probably
- Enoch Wood, English, 1759 - 1840
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- On ivory-colored ceramic base bearing name "Voltaire," is bust of Voltaire in long powdered wig with head turned slightly to his right. He wears a rose coat open to show rose-dotted waistcoat and white cravat ends. Around the figure and covering its left shoulder is a gray-lined yellow shawl with small brown pattern.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
- late 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1938-57-382
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- bust
- Type
- bust
- Medium
- Glazed and enameled earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 21 x 12.8 x 10 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
- made in
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1938-57-382
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48921f147-5f38-4eaf-ac34-4b96a1073bbb
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