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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
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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

Verification Level

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