Cupid on a lion

Unknown (British)

Wedgwood (English ceramics manufactory, 1759 to the present)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
1758-1800
Depth:
0.5 cm  ( 3/16 in.)
Diameter:
5.6 cm  (2 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
jasperware pottery

Additional titles

Plaque with Cupid and lion
The power of love

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood[Museum inv. no.: 1912.1132]

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 8 (172da82). RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1980