18th century ceramic portrait bust

by Ralph Wood 1748-1795 of Burslem in Staffordshire, England. Executed in pearlware with multicolor enamel overglaze by George Frideric Handel

$650 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Handel is depicted head and shoulders quarter turned left. He wears a long wig, shirt, jacket, and cloak. 168 x 140 mm. Three small paper identification labels to back from ca. 1956. Several small chips including to tip of nose, eyebrows, and lips; some minor abrasions; hairline crack to right edge of cloak, just visible at right shoulder Scarce. Copies are held in the Gerald Coke Handel Collection at the Foundling Museum,

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