Maenad
Maenad

Currently not on view

Maenad

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, established 1759, United Kingdom
y1937-29 b

Information

Title
Maenad
Maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
2.8 × 1.7 × th. 0.3 cm (1 1/8 × 11/16 × 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1937-29 b
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped on verso: Wedgewood
Culture
British
Type
cameos, ceramics
Subject
figures (representations), snakes, bacchantes, women

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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