Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (161-180 AD)
Sample Medallion
ca. 1780s (made)
ca. 1780s (made)
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Oval Jasper medallion (3.7 x 3.3 cm) with black 'dip' top and bottom, and blue border with applied white reliefs; the low relief portrait faces right; bottom centre is a white tablet with reference number '1265' (corresponding to an entry in 1773 catalogue), and the reverse has the impressed mark 'WEDGWOOD' (indicating a date after 1780).
Object details
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| Title | Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (161-180 AD) |
| Materials and techniques | White Jasper medallion with black 'dip' back and front, with applied portrait relief (the detail of which was probably heightened by hand), and applied blue Jasper border with applied white reliefs. |
| Brief description | Factory or showroom sample medallion, possibly a trial, with portrait of Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (161-180 AD), after a rock crystal, Jasper with black 'dip' and applied reliefs, Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, probably 1780s |
| Physical description | Oval Jasper medallion (3.7 x 3.3 cm) with black 'dip' top and bottom, and blue border with applied white reliefs; the low relief portrait faces right; bottom centre is a white tablet with reference number '1265' (corresponding to an entry in 1773 catalogue), and the reverse has the impressed mark 'WEDGWOOD' (indicating a date after 1780). |
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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. |
| Production | Josiah Wedgwood (manufacturer). In production in Black Basalt by 1773, this factory or showroom piece probably 1780s |
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| Accession number | C.87-1999 |
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| Record created | January 27, 2000 |
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