Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Medallion with the Head of Medusa

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European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Medallion with the Head of Medusa

Made in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, Europe

c. 1777

Original possibly modeled by John Flaxman, Jr., English, 1755 - 1826. Made by Wedgwood factory, Etruria, England, 1759 - present.

Stoneware; gilded metal frame
Medallion (diameter): 5 3/16 inches (13.1 cm) Frame (diameter): 8 1/4 inches (21 cm)

* Gallery 267, European Art 1500-1850, second floor

1939-46-1

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Taylor, 1939

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