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Portrait Medallion

Wedgwood and Sons

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, 1759–present). Portrait Medallion, ca. 1784. Jasperware (stoneware), hardwood, Frame: 6 1/8 × 5 3/16 in. (15.6 × 13.2 cm) Medallion: 3 3/4 × 2 13/16 in. (9.5 × 7.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emily Winthrop Miles, 58.194.31. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Portrait Medallion

Date

ca. 1784

Medium

Jasperware (stoneware), hardwood

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

Frame: 6 1/8 × 5 3/16 in. (15.6 × 13.2 cm) Medallion: 3 3/4 × 2 13/16 in. (9.5 × 7.1 cm)

Markings

"WEDGWOOD" impressed on back. "Wash made/ 3 of old 3681 Wash/2 of 1605 mended" incised on back.

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Winthrop Miles

Accession Number

58.194.31

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Artists and makers

Wedgwood and Sons

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