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Medallion of Psyche
Wedgwood, Josiah
(Factory)
Jasper, white with pale green wash on both sides, and white relief. Oval, with a winged female figure holding up a drape.
History note: Unknown before testator
Height: 6.0 cm
Width: 4.3 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
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1795
1795
CE
Relief:
Accession number: C.111-1961
Primary reference Number: 11446
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/11446 Accessed: 2021-11-28 02:03:46
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Accession Number: C.112B-1961
Accession Number: C.1018-2016
Accession Number: C.8D-1975
Accession Number: C.8H-1975
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