18th Century Black Basalt Bust of Rousseau in Wedgwood Style Wedgwood Collectors of English ironstone

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The label records the title as "Der Kirchgang" (Going to Church) and attributes the work to artist Rasumov

The 1970s production date places it in a desirable period for collectors of late 20th-century Wedgwood

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18th Century Black Basalt Bust of Rousseau in Wedgwood Style Wedgwood Collectors of English ironstoneThis 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