18th Century Black Basalt Bust of Rousseau in Wedgwood Style Wedgwood as far as can be

as far as can be judged from the images

Ideal as an ashtray

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and the historically interesting subject referencing the Lycée Bonaparte and the reuse of monastic architectural spaces after the Revolution

historically significant pottery

18th Century Black Basalt Bust of Rousseau in Wedgwood Style Wedgwood as far as can beThis finely modelled black basalt bust depicts the philosopher JeanJacques Rousseau and is a particularly attractive example of late 18thcentury neoclassical ceramic portrait sculpture. Standing approximately 16 cm high, the bust is worked in a dense, matte black stoneware body that closely echoes the celebrated wares of Wedgwood & Bentley, whose portrait busts of leading Enlightenment figures were highly fashionable among educated collectors from the