Bust of Benjamin Franklin
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790–1795
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756
label: After
content: Jean-Jacques Caffiéri, French, 1725 - 1792
label: Subject
content: Benjamin Franklin, American, 1706 - 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A bust portrait of Benjamin Franklin in biscuit porcelain on a gilded underglaze-blue waisted socle. "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" painted in gold around socle.
place: label: Place
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1926-22-447-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: bust
label: Type
content: bust
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: biscuit (bust); wood, gold (socle)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a: bust): 28 x 21 x 8.5 cm (11 in. x 8 1/4 in. x 3 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b: platform): 9.8 x 24 x 21.5 cm (3 7/8 x 9 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)