WOOD & CALDWELL STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE BUST OF TSAR ALEXANDER I, CIRCA 1810-20

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impressed circular plaque 'ALEXANDER/AET.35/MOSCOW BURNT /EUROPE /PRESERVED.1812', impressed mark 'WOOD & CALDWELL/ BURSLEM/ STAFFORDSHIRE' (on the reverse) pearlware polychrome portrait bust of Emperor Alexander I in military uniform, adorned with the star and ribbon of the Order of the Garter. The pedestal is painted in black to imitate the black marble. pearlware, painting H. 30.5 cm, pedestal 16 x 16 cm Condition: fine crack (or a trace of paint?) crosses the circular plaque on the reverse, minor loss of paint Literature: The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire Pottery, Major Cyril Earle. T.D, Page 204, Fig 300 English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840' by Pat Halfpenny, page 167

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