Bust of Homer

Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley (active 1768–1780)

Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)

William Hackwood

about 1779

Medium/TechniqueBlack stoneware (basaltware)

DimensionsOverall (h x w x d): 48.3 x 29.8 x 29.5 cm (19 x 11 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.) [note: greatest width taken from shoulder to shoulder]
Overall (Diameter of socle): 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Credit LineGift of Horace Wood Brock

Accession number2007.1005

On View

On view

ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceLeo Kaplan Ltd., New York. About 2004, acquired on the New York art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2007, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 23, 2008)