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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1179
People
Wedgwood & Bentley, British (in business 1769-1780)
Title
Venus with Dolphin
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1773
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229911

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White jasperware body with blue glaze and white figure in relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
8.2 x 6.7 x 1.2 cm (3 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD / & BENTLEY
  • gallery label: verso, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W.; [handwritten:] Venus by / Flaxman / Old Wedgwood / 1776
  • label: verso, paper, black ink, handwritten: 6

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest, to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1179
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 13, p. 14

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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