Bust of Mercury

Wedgwood

  • Titles Bust of Mercury (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 18 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 10 in. (46.4 x 29.2 x 25.4 cm)
  • 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.3257.2008
  • Work Type bust
  • Classification Sculpture

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