Portrait Medallion, Pierre Gassendi
Dateca. 1779
Maker
Etruria Factory
1769-1949
Maker
Wedgwood & Bentley
1768-1780
Maker
Wedgwood
Est. 1759
MediumDry-bodied (Jasperware) stoneware, wood, copper frame
DimensionsMedallion: OH: 3 7/8in; OW: 3 1/8in.; With Frame: OH; 4 3/4in; OW: 4in.
Credit LineGift of Troy D. Chappell
Object number2016-147
DescriptionPortrait medallion: dry-bodied stoneware (jasperware) solid blue oval medallion with a white molded and scuptured bas-relief image of Pierre Gassendi facing right. Gassendi was a leading astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher. Marked with the impressed mark WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY. The period frame is of wood faced with varnished copper.Mark(s)The reverse with impressed "WEDGWOOD / & BENTLEY"
1820-1830
ca. 1790
