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Plaque for a Box
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
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Length: 6.4 cm
Width: 2.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
-
1800
Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & Byerley
Moulding : Jasper, white with black wash, moulded and applied white reliefs and pale olive-green edge.
Accession number: C.116-1961
Primary reference Number: 11465
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plaque for a Box" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11465 Accessed: 2024-11-02 20:12:06
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