Juno and Eagle

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

About 1772

Titles Juno and Eagle (Title)
Artist Wedgwood and Bentley period, 1769 - 1780 / Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
Medium stoneware (black basalt)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight M. Beeson, 1980.30
Object Name intaglio
Classification Medals
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Jar with Cover, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware

Large, heavy round plaque of solid light blue jasperware with applied decoration in white jasperware, in high relief the classical scene of Marsyas seated on a large block draped in an animal skin, his arm around the young Olympe, who himself is draped in an animal skin cloak and holds a flute in each hand.

Plaque based on Raphael's painting of the Sistine Madonna

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