Collection
Wesleyana Artifact Collection
This collection contains more than 260 items relating to John Wesley, his family, and Methodism. Approximately half of the collection consists of artifacts relating to John Wesley. The collection is organized in three series: I., Prominent Methodists; II., Methodist Events; and III., Miscellaneous artifacts. Series I, Prominent Methodists, is organized in two groups and three subgroups. Group A., Wesley family, includes subgroups John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and Other Wesleys. Group B. is Other Methodists. The collection includes images such as cameos, paintings, engravings, and photographs. Other artifacts include commemorative plates and plaques and other ceramic items, busts and figurines, medals, and other items. Prominent individuals in the collection are John Wesley, Charles Wesley, Samuel Wesley (1662-1735), Samuel Wesley (1691-1739), Susanna Annesley Wesley, Sarah Wesley, George Whitefield, Francis Asbury, Peter Doub, Enoch George, John Fletcher, William McKendree, and George Foster Pierce.
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ArtifactMedallion commemorating the centenary of the "Organization of American Methodism" (Methodist Episcopal Church, South)
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to useA medallion celebrating the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the Organization of American Methodism's centenary with portraits of bishops George Foster Pierce and Francis Ashbury Pratt, one on each side. -
ArtifactBaby cap attributed to be Charles Wesley's
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to useAn infant's bonnet with lace trim preported to have been Charles Wesley's. -
ArtifactMethodist Wesleyan Centenary Medallion
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to useA medallion celebrating the centenary of Wesleyan Methodism. One side shows a portrait of John Wesley with the dates of his birth and death. The reverse shows the Centenary Hall and Mission House in London over the motto "The world is my parish." -
ArtifactForty-two clear glass communion cups
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to useA set of forty-two simple glass communion cups. -
ArtifactStaffordshire ceramic bust of George Whitefield
Wood, Enoch, 1759-1840CopyrightCOPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED
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to useA bust of Revd. George Whitefield stamped on the reverse with the inscription "The Revd. George Whitefield, died Sept. 30, 1770, aged 56." -
ArtifactSix clear glass communion cups used by Emory chaplains during World War I
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to useSix simple glass communion cups used by the chaplains at Emory University during World War I. -
ArtifactPiece of "Wesley Oak", Frederica, St. Simons Island, GA
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to useA labeled piece of Wesley's Oak on St. Simon's Island in Georgia where both John and Charles Wesley were preported to have preached. -
ArtifactGavel, used by Bishop McTyeire
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to useA wooden gavel, labeled as having been used by Methodist Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire. -
ArtifactUnlabeled gavel, used by Bishop Wilson [?]
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to useA wooden gavel, labeled as "Number 2" and preported to have been used by a Methodist Bishop Wilson. -
ArtifactUnlabeled gavel, used by Bishop Wilson [?]
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to useA wooden gavel, labeled as "Number 1" and preported to have been used by a Methodist Bishop Wilson. -
ArtifactChristening robe sleeve attributed to be John Wesley's
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to useThe sleeve of a christening robe with decorative quilting, preported to have belonged to John Wesley. -
ArtifactMug with image of John Wesley and image of New Kingswood School Lansdown Bath
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to useA white, ceramic mug decorated on one side with a portrait of John Wesley and on the other with a view of the New Kingswood School, Lansdown, Bath. The interior of the mug is also decorated near the rim with a ribbon and vine design. -
ArtifactCreamware teapot with image of John Wesley printed in black
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to useA cracked ceramic teapot decorated with a portrait of John Wesley after the Nathaniel Hone depiction. The inscription reads: "John Wesley, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford" on the side with Wesley's portrait, and "Let your Conversation be as becometh the Gospel of CHRIST" on the reverse. The lid is decorated with angel faces framed by wings. -
![A ceramic teapot decorated with a portrait of John Wesley. The inscription reads "The Rev. John Wesley, M.A. aged 83, 1785" [sic] on the side with the portrait, and "Let your Conversation be as becometh the Gospel of CHRIST" on the reverse. The lid is decorated with a floral pattern. Repairs have been made to both the handle and lid.](https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/omekacloud-main/large/P_RG020-3_B022c_I95-001-078/P_RG020-3_B022c_I95-001-078_P001_PROD.jpg)
ArtifactCreamware teapot with image of John Wesley printed in black
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to useA ceramic teapot decorated with a portrait of John Wesley. The inscription reads "The Rev. John Wesley, M.A. aged 83, 1785" [sic] on the side with the portrait, and "Let your Conversation be as becometh the Gospel of CHRIST" on the reverse. The lid is decorated with a floral pattern. Repairs have been made to both the handle and lid. -
ArtifactGold medallion with image of John Fletcher
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to useA gold medallion featuring a portrait of the Methodist theologian John William Fletcher in profile. The medallion is framed with a brief biography on the back. -
ArtifactStaffordshire figure of John Wesley holding a Bible
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to useA painted ceramic figurine of John Wesley holding a bible. -
ArtifactStaffordshire painted ceramic bust of John Wesley
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to useA painted ceramic bust of John Wesley. -
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ArtifactBust of John Wesley
Manning, Samuel, 1791-1833CopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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to useA bust of John Wesley. Previously attributed to Louis-François Roubiliac. -
ArtifactBust of John Wesley
Wood, Enoch, 1759-1840CopyrightNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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to useA bust of John Wesley with the inscription, "The Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College Oxford, and founder of Methodism. He sat for this bust to the late Enoch Wood, Esq. Burslem 1781 and died in 1791 aged 88 years." -
ArtifactBlack Wedgewood bust of John Wesley
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to useA bust of John Wesley.
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