A fine and nicely modelled early pearlware figure depicting the founder of Methodism, Reverend John Wesley.
Wesley wears a white surplus and black cassock with a white clerical collar. In his left hand he holds a Bible, while his right hand (missing from the figure) is raised in the act of preaching. He stands on a square bevelled base coloured in green around the face. The feet are modelled independently.
The figure is in lovely original condition. The right hand is missing but the wrist is smooth and under the cobalt-tinted pearlescent glaze indicating that any hand that was modelled was lost at the time of manufacture, prior to glazing. There are some flakes to the over-glaze decoration of the base and some very small nibbles around the rim. Aside from this age and wear to the base, the figure is practically ‘as new’.
A very similar example is recorded by Myrna Schkolne (see the reference below) and tentatively attributed to ‘Sherratt’ - albeit the two are not identical - and that example is also missing its right hand.
Reference: Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures, 1780 - 1840: Supplementary Archive, sec. 109: Religious Officials & Observers, fig. 109.22a
Height: 6.5”
Date: c. 1820s
Provenance: The Stephen Duckworth Collection
A fine and nicely modelled early pearlware figure depicting the founder of Methodism, Reverend John Wesley.
Wesley wears a white surplus and black cassock with a white clerical collar. In his left hand he holds a Bible, while his right hand (missing from the figure) is raised in the act of preaching. He stands on a square bevelled base coloured in green around the face. The feet are modelled independently.
The figure is in lovely original condition. The right hand is missing but the wrist is smooth and under the cobalt-tinted pearlescent glaze indicating that any hand that was modelled was lost at the time of manufacture, prior to glazing. There are some flakes to the over-glaze decoration of the base and some very small nibbles around the rim. Aside from this age and wear to the base, the figure is practically ‘as new’.
A very similar example is recorded by Myrna Schkolne (see the reference below) and tentatively attributed to ‘Sherratt’ - albeit the two are not identical - and that example is also missing its right hand.
Reference: Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures, 1780 - 1840: Supplementary Archive, sec. 109: Religious Officials & Observers, fig. 109.22a
Height: 6.5”
Date: c. 1820s
Provenance: The Stephen Duckworth Collection
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