Mid 19th Century Bisque bust of the Duke of Wellington
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Mid 19th Century Bisque bust of the Duke of Wellington
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Mid 19th Century Bisque bust of the Duke of Wellington:
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1862), rose to prominence in the early Napoleonic wars, leading the Allied forces to victory in 1813; he was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army until his death; an opponent of parliamentary reform, he was twice Prime Minister under the Tory party.
| Height: | 12½" | - | 32.0cm |
| Width: | 7" | - | 18.0cm |
| Projection: | 4½" | - | 11.5cm |
Glossary Words
bisque, biscuit
An unglazed white porcelain, used in England to make figures or busts from c.1846. Also known as Parian ware.
Parian ware
A type of bisque porcelain. It was named, by Minton, after Paros, a Greek island renowned for its fine-textured, white marble of the same name. It was also contemporaneously referred to as Statuary Porcelain by Copeland. Parian was essentially designed to imitate carved marble, with the great advantage that it was prepared in a liquid form and cast in a mould, enabling mass production. See bisque or biscuit
