Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Object type: Portrait medallion
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Artist: Josiah Wedgwood
Artist bio: British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: British
Date: 18th century
Medium: Black basalt ware
Dimensions: 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (7.3 × 5.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
Accession year: 1950
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