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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1258.B
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Title
Shallow Dish with Putti in Relief
Other Titles
Former Title: Shallow Dish with Figures of Children
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 1786
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230197

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black basalt with relief figures
Technique
Basaltes ware
Dimensions
4.6 cm x 19.7 cm diam. (1 13/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: on bottom, impressed:: Wedgwood / L / [B?]
  • label: on bottom, handwritten in black ink:: A fine [cuvette?] and stand / in old Wedgwood / Basalte. Period 1765 / The reliefs of Hours / very rare / F. R. [refers to 1943.1258.A]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall 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
1943.1258.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Black basaltes with figures of putti in relief; engine turned decoration inside and out. Silvered copper band with toothed edge set into rim.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 86, p. 35

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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