Description

The bust of black basalt depicts Abraham Lincoln from the chest up. Lincoln is shown bearded with his head turned slightly to the viewer's right. He is wearing a coat, vest, shirt, and bow tie. The bust sits on a cylindrical pedestal. On the front of the pedestal is written in gold lettering, "Abraham Lincoln President of the United States 1861-1865." On the back of the pedestal is the number 111 in gold lettering and below it is the impressed word, "Wedgewood." The bust was accompanied by a brochure and a certificate of authenticity saying that this bust is Number 111 of a limited collector's edition of 2000. For more information on this bust see "Lincoln Lore" number 1613, July, 1972, page 4. For more information from the collection files on Wedgwood artist Donald Brindley, copy and paste the following URL: https://archive.org/details/statuxxxxxxxblinc Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum