Featured Wedgwood folk, need help with ID of cameo on paperweight, please!

Howdy everyone, hope you all had a great Easter Sunday, even with social distancing. I was putting together the eBay listing for this paperweight and realized that you all might be able to help me identify the stately gentleman on it. I've done a little poking around, I know he's not Josiah Wedgwood or any of the more common fellas that are portrayed on Wedgwood. Anyone recognize him off the top of their heads?

Thanks, everyone. Linda

 

my favorite martian....??

 

Vladimir Putin being nice?

 

Mel Brooks?

 

Looks familiar doesn't he. Someone will know about the clothing, maybe turn of the century or a bit earlier?

 

I think you are looking for someone in the late 1800s, not the 1700s.
I'm going on the collar and the way the "cravat" is tied.

Someone famous at that time. Statesman, author, scientist.

 

Prince Charles

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/779577...dHY0QILKWb1wY4W0KRFOr_UpIIuph56UaAgHJEALw_wcB

 

That Etsy listing provides a little info.

 

From the Etsy listing above
...4) President Portrait (In research, looks like William McKinley, 25th President of US....
That is their description, anyway.

 

Something in my head says Wedgwood did a whole series of US president weights.

 

Not sure that I would agree about McKinley. Similar, but the Wedgwood one is more neatly attired.


https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=president+mckinley&FORM=HDRSC2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley

 

While I have no idea what an artist's interpretation of McKinley might be, to me it doesn't really look like him in any photos I've found. These were about the closest. He was a very stern looking man and rather heavy-set.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley
https://www.baltimoresun.com/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0914-20140909-story.html

 

LOL I'm an echo

 

The styles of collar and tie appear to be generally from the mid to late 19th century. (I'm not an expert on that, though). The hairstyle, however, seems to be from the later end of that range. I've looked at photos of all of the presidents from the 19th century and this one, to me, doesn't look much like any of them. I see people have been posting about McKinley. I agree with s_i_s and cluttered that there are big differences between McKinley and the Wedgwood one. Right away I noticed that both the shape of his head and his ears are very different.

So perhaps it isn't a President. The etsy listing, if I'm following it correctly, shows a mark on the reverse that is dated either 1968 or 1989, depending whether the two-year date is going the same direction as the Wedgwood mark or not.

 

Thank you for being mine.

Agree.

 

How about James Monroe...with a haircut?