Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1231.A-B: Pastille Burner with Griffins Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pastille Burner with Griffins (Wedgwood) , 1943.1231.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/230153. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1231.A-B People Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 ) Title Pastille Burner with Griffins Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 1810 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230153 Physical Descriptions Medium Black basaltes Technique Basaltes ware Dimensions 30.5 x 25.4 x 25 cm (12 x 10 x 9 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks stamp: on bottom of bowl, impressed:: WEDGWOOD / H Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1914, 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 1943.1231.A-B Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Three winged griffins on triangular base support a circular bowl. Three small shawl-covered female figures are seated under palm tree on pierced cover. Embossed scroll border, beading and medallion on Medusa's head on bottom of bowl. Screw holes under each griffin where they are attached to base. Engine turned. Publication History Jean Gorely, "The Winthrop Collection", Old Wedgwood, Wellesley Press, Inc. (Wellesley, MA, 1943), no. 10, pp. 132-139, p. 137 Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 82, p. 34 Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), p. 217, no. 138, repr. Exhibition History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
