William Pitt, the Younger

Wedgwood and Co.|John Charles Lochée

ca. 1787 · Black basalt ware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Cameo medallions with portrait reliefs were made by Josiah Wedgwood between 1765 and 1795, with Thomas Bentley as his partner from 1769 to 1780. Black basalt and jasper are both types of fine stoneware hard enough for the delicate modeling which distinguishes Wedgwood's portrait cameos of "Illustious Ancents and Moderns."

Artist

Wedgwood and Co.|John Charles Lochée

Date

ca. 1787

Medium

Black basalt ware

Culture

British, Etruria, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of James Hazen Hyde, 1948