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Portrait Medallion

Wedgwood & Bentley; Jean Baptiste Nini

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Wedgwood & Bentley (1768–1780); Jean Baptiste Nini (French, 1717–1786). Portrait Medallion, ca. 1775. Stoneware (Jasperware), Medallion: 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (8.3 × 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emily Winthrop Miles, 58.194.35. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Portrait Medallion

Date

ca. 1775

Medium

Stoneware (Jasperware)

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

Medallion: 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (8.3 × 6.7 cm)

Markings

"WEDGWOOD/ BENTLEY" impresssed on back; "J.B. NINI.F" anc "1774" impressed on truncation of bust.

Credit Line

Gift of Emily Winthrop Miles

Accession Number

58.194.35

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Artists and makers

Wedgwood & Bentley

304 works in the collection

Jean Baptiste Nini

2 works in the collection