Anti-Slavery medallion
Wedgwood Manufactory
(Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
1786–87
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueStoneware (Jasperware), gold
DimensionsOverall: 30 x 28 x 3 mm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Height (with hanging loop): 38 mm (1 1/2 in.)
Height (with hanging loop): 38 mm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Richard Baker
Accession number96.779
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Yvonne J. Markowitz, “'Slave-in-Chains' medallion” in Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston by Yvonne J. Markowitz (Boston: MFA Publications, 2011), 65.
Inscriptions"AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER?" around edge.ProvenanceEllen M. (Mrs. Richard) Baker (b. 1827 - d. 1896), Boston; 1896, bequest of Mrs. Richard Baker to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 3, 1896)
Wedgwood Manufactory
Wedgwood Manufactory