These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Factory: Wedgwood
Jasper, white with black wash and white reliefs and pale olive-green edge. Rectangular with cut corners. Probably Aurora driving the chariot of the Dawn drawn by two horses through clouds, with a putto behind and a putto holding a torch in front. Rectangular border with toothed inner edge.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 6.4 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1785
-
1800
Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & Byerley
Plaque for a box
Reliefs
Inscription present: 32
Accession number: MAR.C.26-1912
Primary reference Number: 11414
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plaque" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11414 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:25:18
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11414
|title=Plaque
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 23:25:18|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-11414
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa4/MAR_C_26_1912.jpg"
alt="Plaque"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Plaque</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
