A Very Rare Bust of Father Theobald Mathew

Stock No: 002420

Height: 7.75 Inches /20 cm

Reference: A Potted History (Henry Willett’s Ceramic Chronicle of Britain) Stella Beddoe, Page 297, Bust, (1503)

An extraordinarily rare and fine bust of Father Theobald Mathew the Irish priest and temperance reformer. Beautifully titled in gilt script capitals. The bust was probably made for the Irish/US market and sold as a souvenir during one of his visits to America or taken to the USA by Irish immigrants. Made in Staffordshire, England c1840.