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Four Zodiac plaques
Factory: Wedgwood
Jasper, blue with white reliefs, and slate backs. Diamond-shaped. Each plaque is decorated with a zodiac emblem encircled by a garland of husks with three acanthus leaves above and below: A, a goat for Capricorn; B, a crab for Cancer; C, twins for Gemini; and D, a centaur for Sagittarius.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 2.7 cm
Width: 1.6 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
1785
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1800
According to Robin Reilly and George Savage, the Zodiac signs were supplied by Mrs Mary Landré in 1774, and were modelled by Hackwood. These are reduced-size versions. See Documentation
Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & Byerley
Reliefs
Accession number: C.120A-D-1961
Primary reference Number: 11469
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.120D-1961
Accession Number: C.120A-1961
Accession Number: C.120B-1961
Accession Number: M.51-1983
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