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Medallion of a Woman holding a Mirror
Factory: Wedgwood, Josiah
Jasper, pale blue with white relief. Vertical elliptical shape with polished bevelled edge. A woman stands holding up a mirror, with a deep shell below.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 5.6 cm
Width: 2.9 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
1790
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1800
Relief
blue and white Stoneware
Accession number: C.113-1961
Primary reference Number: 11456
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 (2023) "Medallion of a Woman holding a Mirror" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11456 Accessed: 2023-05-30 19:04:22
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Accession Number: GR.13.1923
Accession Number: C.110-1961
Accession Number: C.185-1928
Accession Number: C.124A-D-1961
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