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Portrait Medallion of Antinous (110-12-130 AD)
Wedgwood & Bentley
(Factory)
Jasper, pale bluish-grey with white relief. Oval with head of Antinous in profile to right. One circular hole cut into the reverse.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 5.5 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1960)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1775
CE
-
1780
1780
CE
Relief:
blue and white Jasper ware
Accession number: C.106-1961
Primary reference Number: 11439
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 (2020) "Medallion"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11439 Accessed: 2021-12-05 06:04:07
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Accession Number: MAR.C.16A-1912
Accession Number: C.8D-1975
Accession Number: C.8H-1975
Accession Number: C.8C-1975
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