- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1943.1169
- People
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Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
After Valerio Belli (Valerio Vicentino), Italian (Vicenza 1468 - 1546)
Modelled by Henry Webber, British (London, England 1754 - 1826 London, England)
- Title
- Sacrifice to Hymen
- Other Titles
- Former Title: Sacrifice to Peace
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medallion
- Date
- after 1782
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229548
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Jasperware and silver
- Technique
- Jasperware
- Dimensions
- 5.9 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (2 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD / [triangle formed of three dots]
- inscription: verso, black ink, handwritten: 12837
- inscription: verso of frame, incised: 1101000 [% or 0/0?] 11
- Provenance
- Anthony Bower, Liverpool, England. [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, July 25, 1913 (as "Sacrifice to Peace"), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1169
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 19
Carol Macht, Classical Wedgwood Designs, M. Barrows and Co. (New York, NY, 1957), p. 114
- Exhibition History
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Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
- Related Works
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