Plaque
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Tinted Stoneware
DATES
ca. 1787
DIMENSIONS
5 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (14.6 x 17.1 cm)
MARKINGS
"WEDGWOOD" impressed twice very faintly on back.
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER
64.82.109
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Plaque, lateral oval, unframed, blue and cane (or discolored white) jasperware: of "the Dipping of Achilles", depicting a woman (Thetis) in ancient Grecian dress, kneeling on left knee, holding an infant (Achilles) over a fluted font, enclosed by an inner self wreath-frame of leaves and buds. Figures and wreath in molded and applied separate off-white clay elements
CONDITION - Good.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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