Mercury Joining the Hands of Britain and France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Wedgwood Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Title

Mercury Joining the Hands of Britain and France

Place

Burslem (Object made in)

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1787–1790

Medium

Stoneware (jasperware), gilded wooden frame

Inscriptions

Mark: "WEDGWOOD" impressed

Dimensions

36 × 37.8 × 3.7 cm (14 3/16 × 14 7/8 × 1 7/16 in.); Frame: W.: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood

Reference Number

1912.1016

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