About the Artwork
An Offering to Peace
between 1787 and 1789
Lady Elizabeth Templeton (Artist) English, 1747-1823 Wedgwood Pottery (Manufacturer) English, established 1759
Stoneware (jasperware)
Overall: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches (21.6 × 27.3 × 3.8 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Jordan
51.175
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, typed on paper sticker below: Old Wedgwood Jasper | Plaque | "A Sacrifice to Peace" | Designed 1777 | by Lady Templetown.
Marked, impressed on reverse: WEDGWOOD | TL [monogram]
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Jordan
1951-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Wedgwood Pottery; after a model by Lady Elizabeth Templeton, An Offering to Peace, between 1787 and 1789, stoneware (jasperware). Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Jordan, 51.175.
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