Bust of Bacchus
Object type: Bust
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Artist: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons
Artist bio: British, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1759–present
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1774
Medium: Black basaltware
Dimensions: confirmed: 19 9/16 × 13 5/8 × 14 1/4 in., 37.7 lb. (49.7 × 34.6 × 36.2 cm, 17.1 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit line: Purchase, Larry and Ann Burns Gift, in honor of Austin B. Chinn, 2019
Accession year: 2019
Tags: Bacchus