A Herculaneum pearlware bust of Admiral John Jervis, Earl St Vincent, circa 1805
Modelled in naval uniform, wearing the riband and star of the Order of the Bath, his head turned slightly to the right and face finely coloured, the pedestal base moulded in relief with naval war trophies, 22cm high, impressed HERCULANEUM
Footnotes:
Jervis was granted his earldom in recognition of the victory at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. A mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after the portrait of Jervis by Gabriel Stuart was published that year and most likely served as the source for the present lot. A certain amount of artistic licence has been used to detail the badge of the Order of the Bath. A similar bust, incorrectly identified as Admiral Lord Duncan was sold by Bonhams on 1 November 2006, lot 108. An undecorated example is illustrated by Alan Smith, Liverpool Herculaneum Pottery (1970), fig.115.