Oval dark blue jasper medallion with white relief of Cupid with the club of Hercules

Cupid with the Club of Hercules

Wedgwood

About 1800

  • Titles Cupid with the Club of Hercules (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.1779.2008
  • Object Name medallion
  • Classification Medals

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