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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1229
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Title
Pomona
Classification
Gems
Work Type
gem
Date
c. 1779
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229789

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black basaltes with polished shank and hole
Technique
Basaltes ware
Dimensions
3 x 2.1 x 3.2 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his 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
1943.1229
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Design in intaglio. No maker's mark. For use as a watch fob.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 7, p. 11

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Old Wedgwood, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1973 - 05/27/1973

Verification Level

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