Bust of Ulysses S. Grant

Manufacturer Ott and Brewer

Artist Isaac Broome

Maker Isaac Broome

Manufacturer Etruria Pottery

Date1875-1880

Geographic OriginTrenton, New Jersey | United States of America

MediumSlip-cast parian porcelain

DimensionsOverall: H 10 1/2 x W 6 3/4 in. (H 26.7 x W 17.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Isaac Holcombe, 1930

Object number30.550

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Object NameBust

Title Details

Label Caption Title Bust of Ulysses S. Grant

Marks and Labels/StampsINCISED on left shoulder, back, "BREWER / TRENTON N.J"; on right shoulder, back, "BROOME. SCULP / 1875"Exhibition History"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: 300 Years of New Jersey Ceramics", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 21, 2016 - March 14,2020).
"100 Masterpieces of Art Pottery, 1880-1930", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 23, 2009 - January 10, 2010).
"Elegy in White: :The Legacy of Karen McCready", Newark Museum, Newark, New JErsey (2002).
"1876: A Centennial Exhibition," Smithsonian Museum of American History and Technology, Washington, D.C., (Feb 1976)
Carborundum Museum of Ceramics, Niagara Falls, New York (April 1973 - April 1976)
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (March - June 1960)
"The Pottery and Porcelain of New Jersey, 1688-1900," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (April 8-May 11, 1947)
"Clay Products of New Jersey," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (1915)

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