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Factory: Wedgwood, Josiah
Jasper, white with dark blue wash on both sides, and white relief. Oval with lapidary polished outer edge which slopes outwards towards the back surface. On the left a woman stands playing a lyre which stands on a pedestal in front of which is an oval medallion with a man's head in profile to right. On the right a winged boy leans on a trumpet as if mourning.
History note: Unknown before testator, Louis Colville Gray Clarke, MA, LL.D. (1881-1960), Leckhampton, Cambridge.
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 8.1 cm
Width: 6.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, Late
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1790
Reliefs
Accession number: C.109-1961
Primary reference Number: 11443
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 (2025) "Medallion" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11443 Accessed: 2025-06-22 15:49:09
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|title=Medallion
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-06-22 15:49:09|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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