Four Boys Under Trees
SculptureBritish18th century

Four Boys Under Trees

18th century

Artists

WedgwoodArtist
Elizabeth TempletownDesigner

Description

Four boys, one with wings visible: one, seated, holds a flower (?), one holds [Athena's?] helmet with a snake, one holds a dove, and one an hourglass. One small firing hole.

Classification
Sculpture
Technique
Jasperware
Medium
White jasperware body with green glaze on front; figures in white relief
Culture
British
Century
18th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

sight: 9.9 × 13.5 × 1.5 cm (3 7/8 × 5 5/16 × 9/16 in.) framed: 27 × 30.5 cm (10 5/8 × 12 in.)

Provenance

Grenville Lindall Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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