Button with Offering of Victory
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Late 18th century
This circular ceramic button, titled "Button with Offering of Victory," was produced by the Wedgwood Manufactory in Burslem, England, dating to the late 18th century. It features a classical jasperware design set inside a decorative beaded metallic border.
The button's central disc is rendered in blue stoneware with white relief decoration depicting the Offering of Victory. The scene shows a draped classical figure standing beside a column and an altar, flanked by stylized trees and accompanied by a small pitcher. The overall piece measures approximately 0.4 cm in thickness and 4.5 cm in diameter (1/8 by 1 3/4 inches).
Evidence at a glance
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Historical context
The button was manufactured by the Wedgwood Manufactory, founded in England in 1759, and forms part of The Frank W. Gunsaulus Collection of Old Wedgwood.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Stoneware (jasperware)
- Dimensions
- 0.4 × 4.5 cm (1/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Wedgwood Manufactory, England, founded 1759
- Place recorded
- Burslem
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Button with Offering of Victory
- Museum object number
- 1912.1211
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.