Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1169
People
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

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
  • 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

Recorded Ownership History
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

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
Permissions

THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS.

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • 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

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

Related Works

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu