Triton and Neptune
Josiah Wedgwood (Burslem, Staffs. 1730 – Etruria, Staffs. 1795)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1770 - 1776
Materials
Black basalt
Measurements
63.5 cm (h)
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 719580
Summary
Black basalt, pair of figures, Triton and Neptune, after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598 - Rome 1680), Wedgwood and Bentley, Etruria, Staffordshire, c. 1770-76, unmarked.
Makers and roles
Josiah Wedgwood (Burslem, Staffs. 1730 – Etruria, Staffs. 1795), maker after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598 – Rome 1680), sculptor