Bust of Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
Factory: Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory
Hard-paste biscuit porcelain bust supported on a circular socle and square pedestal with moulded base, which is glazed, and has gilded edges. The bust is inscribed in impressed letters on back: 'NEWTON/No: I'
History note: Uncertain before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson. Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 16.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932-10) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Late
Production date:
after
AD 1783
Between 1771 and 1808 Fürstenberg issued over 130 biscuit porcelain busts, some in several sizes. More than a third were reproductions of the heads of antique statuary. The rest were portraits of members of the ruling houses of Braunschweig, and other German states, philosophers, writers, scientists, and other distinguished men, past and present. This bust of Newton was issued in 1783 accompanied by the English writers, Pope, Prior, Dryden and Addison. Shakespeare, Milton, and the actor, Garrick, followed in 1785. see Documentation, Wolff Metternich, 1981
Socle And Pedestal
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Decoration
composed of
gold
Pedestal
Depth 5 cm
Width 5 cm
Moulding : Hard-paste biscuit porcelain bust moulded separately from the socle and pedestal which are glazed and gilt
Inscription present: horse
Inscription present: script
Accession number: C.198-1932
Primary reference Number: 140157
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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