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Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
English
about 1780-1785
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Stoneware (jasperware)
Dimensions 21.2 x 28.1 cm (8 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Richard Baker
Accession Number96.826
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryStoneware

DescriptionRelief of woman holding fruit with outstretched right arm, and floating in the air with drapery trailing behind her, "The Herculaneum Dancer". Black basalt relief on an oval terracotta-color ("rosso antico") ground.
Marks Impressed mark WEDGWOOD