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Last Updated on: 13th September 2022, 10:18 am

ANTIQUE “SELENE VISITING ENDYMION” WEDGWOOD PRINT THE CONNOISSEUR MAGAZINE

ANTIQUE COLOURED PLATES / PRINTS

FROM THE CONNOISSEUR MAGAZINE (LONDON)

A MAGAZINE FOR COLLECTORS

JOSIAH WEDGWOOD & SONS LTD. (EST. 1760)

“SELENE VISITING ENDYMION”

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DETAILS
 
MEASUREMENTS:
Approx. 11 inches x 8 3/8 inches
 
BRAND/ COMPANY / BUSINESS:
 
JOSIAH WEDGWOOD & SONS, LTD.
ESTABLISHED 1760
 
NOTES / OTHER DETAILS:
 
“SELENE VISITING ENDYMION”
 
Selene (Luna), goddess of the Moon,
who like her brother Helios (Sol- the Sun)
and Eos (Aurora- the Morning)
drives daily across the sky,
comes in her chariot drawn by two white steeds,
to visit the youth Endymion
with whom she is in love,
and whom she sends to sleep
in order that she might kiss him all unknown.
 
Zeus, father of Endymion, is shown supporting his son.
Modelled by Flaxman from the original subject
in the Museum of the Capitol Rome.
 
This plaque,
from the original moulds which produced
that in the collection of the late Lord Tweedmouth,
is the largest and finest ever produced at Eturia
by JOSIAH WEDGWOOD AND SONS, Ltd.
A strictly limited number of replicas will be produced.
 
Price £50.
Size 30 in. by 13 1/2 in.
 
Particulars can be supplied by any dealer in works of art. 
 
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
A coloured Plate/ Print from ANTIQUE COPIES of the CONNOISSEUR MAGAZINE (LONDON)
 
PREFERRED SHIPPING PARTNERS:
ROYAL MAIL UK
 
 
 
 
 
 


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