Head of Venus
Trial Medallion
1770s (made)
1770s (made)
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Oval medallion (5.4 x4.5 cm) with profile head in medium high relief facing right. Polished white Jasper relief on a blue Jasper ground, the reverse inscribed 'Venes' and with one very small firing hole.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Head of Venus |
| Materials and techniques | Solid blue Jasper with applied relief with experimental polishing; both relief and support produced in a mould and luted together before firing. |
| Brief description | Trial medallion with head of Venus, blue Jasper with applied relief with experimental polishing; Wedgwood & Bentley, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1770s. |
| Physical description | Oval medallion (5.4 x4.5 cm) with profile head in medium high relief facing right. Polished white Jasper relief on a blue Jasper ground, the reverse inscribed 'Venes' and with one very small firing hole. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Ursula Vaughan Williams |
| Object history | Provenance: by descent through the Wedgwood, Darwin and Vaughan Williams families. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.86-1999 |
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| Record created | January 27, 2000 |
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