Post-Medieval — C.1674-1675; 17th century
Hydra's head
In 1672, John Dwight set up a pottery in Fulham. He became the first Englishman to make stoneware, produced by firing clay at very high temperatures. In the 1970s, excavations at Fulham revealed the extent of Dwight’s wares and experiments.
This fine white stoneware sherd shows one of the Hydra's heads from an otherwise lost statuette of Hercules and the Hydra. The head conforms well to 16th century conventions for the subject. There are some fire cracks, but the assured modelling shows that this was a piece of the highest quality.
- Category:
- Post-Medieval
- Object ID:
- 97.90/5
- Object name:
- Hydra's head
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Fulham Pottery, Dwight, John
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- Related events:
- Related places:
Fulham, London [Hammersmith and Fulham], Hammersmith and Fulham
- Production date:
- c.1674-1675; 17th century
- Material:
ceramic, stoneware
- Measurements/duration:
- L 34 mm, W 17 mm, H 10 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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