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Factory: Wedgwood
Jasper, white with pale blue dip on both sides, and white reliefs; Almond-shaped with lapidary polished edges. Decorated with Cleopatra, a standing woman holding up a snake to her breast on her left arm
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 2.9 cm
Width: 1.1 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
-
1800
Edges
Relief
blue and white Jasper ware
Accession number: C.125A-1961
Primary reference Number: 71679
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) "Plaque" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71679 Accessed: 2023-06-04 15:31:13
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