Silenus
Silenus

Currently not on view

Silenus

Manufactory: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, established 1759, United Kingdom
y1937-43

Information

Title
Silenus
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
3.4 × 8 × 0.4 cm (1 5/16 × 3 1/8 × 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1937-43
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped on verso: Wedgewood
Culture
British
Type
cameos, ceramics
Subject
figures (representations), mythology, mythical or legendary beings

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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