18th Century Carved Busts on American Furniture
I have posted in some depth on this subject and hopefully will collate all the information in one place - in the meantime....
John Prince (1751 - 1836).
The Rev. John Prince and his Air Pump inside of a Cabinet 1783.
https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1251#rpic44
For an in depth article which you cannot read unless you pay for it see -
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/697593?journalCode=wp
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Images below courtesy Google images.
Extracted from the above article which explains the Low resolution.
Interesting little bust of.......
It appears to be very loosely based on the John Cheere bust of Locke.
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