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

1775–95

European Art

Not on view

Medium

Basalt

Dimensions

0.32 × 5.24 cm (1/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Nancy Stiner

Accession Number

2011.28.5

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," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

sculpture

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