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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1219
People
Wedgwood & Bentley, British (in business 1769-1780)
Modelled by William Hackwood, British (1757 - 1839)
Title
Aesculapius
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1776-1780
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229932

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Jasperware body with blue glaze on all surfaces (?), figure in white jasperware
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
8.4 x 6.8 x 1 cm (3 5/16 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD / & BENTLEY
  • label: verso, paper, black ink, printed: 151

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. 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
1943.1219
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Full length figure with wind-blown hair and draperies, head to left. Left hand holds a serpent-entwined rod.

Publication History

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