Long rectangular green jasper plaque with white relief scene of Achilles dragging Hector around the walls of Troy, with warriors battling, Achilles driving a two-horse chariot, and winged female figure holding wreath

Achilles dragging Hector around the walls of Troy, with warriors battling, Achilles driving a two-horse chariot, and winged female figure holding wreath

Wedgwood

About 1870

  • Titles Achilles dragging Hector around the walls of Troy, with warriors battling, Achilles driving a two-horse chariot, and winged female figure holding wreath (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.1106.2008
  • Object Name plaque
  • Classification Plaques

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