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Medallion of a Sacrifice
Factory: Wedgwood
Jasper, solid pale blue, with white relief. Oval with lapidary polished edge, sloping outwards towards the back. A woman holding a short twig stands on the left. A woman kneeling on the right in profile to left is sacrificing over an altar.
History note: Unknown before testator
Bequeathed by Louis Colville Gray Clarke
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1800
CE
Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & Byerley
Reliefs
Accession number: C.110-1961
Primary reference Number: 11444
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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