Trial
One of 68 mixed body and glaze trial pieces, in a wooden tray. Each trial piece is marked with a number that corresponds to an entry in Wedgwood's 'Experiment Book'
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Josiah Wedgwood Recipe: 10/1605 (previous trial) 3/12 (Steatite)
Entry for 1605
4/17 ( Calcined flint) 24/P 12/22 (Purbeck clay) 1/20 (Alabaster) |
| Brief description | A cream coloured trial piece for a jasper portrait medallion of Leda and The Swan |
| Physical description | One of 68 mixed body and glaze trial pieces, in a wooden tray. Each trial piece is marked with a number that corresponds to an entry in Wedgwood's 'Experiment Book' |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 3960
TTBO
(impressed) |
| Credit line | V&A Wedgwood Collection. Presented by Art Fund with major support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, private donations and a public appeal. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Associated object | WE.7089-2014 (Group) |
| Other number | 3960 - Wedgwood Trial number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | WE.7089:36-2014 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2019 |
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