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Four Plaques
Factory: Wedgwood
Jasper, white with pale blue wash on both sides, and white reliefs; Almond-shaped with lapidary polished edges. B is slightly concave underneath. Each plaque is decorated with a classical figure: A has a relief of a standing woman holding up a drape in her right arm and having a snake in her right (Priestess with Serpent or Hygia ?); B, a standing woman, probably Cleopatra, holding up a snake to her breast with her arm and small plant in front of her feet; C, a standing man with left hand on waist where there is a mask, and holding a staff in his right hand; D, a dancing woman facing to left, holding up a ball in her left hand.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 3.0 cm
Width: 1.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Late
George II
Circa
1785
-
1800
Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & Byerley
Probably for a piece of jewellery.
Reliefs
Inscription present: WEDGWOOD' with an 'H' below
Accession number: C.124A-D-1961
Primary reference Number: 11474
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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