Medallion: Caligula Maker: Wedgwood (British, founded 1759)

after 1891

European Art

Not on view
Medium

Basalt

Dimensions

2 × 1 11/16 × 1/4 in. (5.08 × 4.29 × 0.64 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy Stiner

Accession Number

2011.28.4

Geography

Manufactured in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Culture

British

Period

18th century

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
R. T. Haines Halsey (1864–1942), New York, New York, and New Haven, Connecticut, by 1909; by descent to his wife Elizabeth Tower Halsey (1904-1976), New Haven, Connecticut; sold ca. 1960 to Nancy Stiner, Hamden, Connecticut
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 22
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

"WEDGWOOD / ENGLAND / G. CALIGULA" the first two stamped incuse and the latter incised on verso

Inscriptions

"4. Caligula" incised on verso

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