1943.1218: Terpsichore, Muse of Dance and Choral Lyrics

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1218

People

Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )

Title

Terpsichore, Muse of Dance and Choral Lyrics

Classification

Medals and Medallions

Work Type

medallion

Date

18th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229931

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Dark blue-grey jasperware body with different blue glaze in front; figure in white relief

Technique

Jasperware

Dimensions

9.3 x 6.9 x 1 cm (3 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower edge, impressed: TERPSICHORE
• manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD
• label: verso, black ink, paper, printed: 338

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 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

1943.1218

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Full-length figure in left profile, playing a harp. Two firing holes on verso.

Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 9, p. 13; repr. on cover
• Jean Gorely, Wedgwood, M. Barrows and Co. (New York, 1950), p. 96, cat. no. 54, repr.

Exhibition History

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

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