Medusa

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 232

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Wedgwood Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Title

Medusa

Place

Etruria (Object made in)

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1775–1780

Medium

Stoneware (jasperware), gilded wooden frame

Inscriptions

Mark: "Wedgwood /& Bentley" impressed

Dimensions

25.9 × 26 × 0.8 cm (10 3/16 × 10 1/4 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood

Reference Number

1912.1014

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