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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Honora Sneyd Edgworth

Portrait Medallion
1780 (commissioned), 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Jasperware portrait medallion of Honora Sneyd Edgworth, attrib. to John Flaxman, made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1780


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleHonora Sneyd Edgworth (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Jasperware
Brief description
Jasperware portrait medallion of Honora Sneyd Edgworth, attrib. to John Flaxman, made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1780
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ground & head / 2 of last 1559 / 1 of ---- 3614 / Black wash'
  • 'Wedgwood'
Gallery label
Portrait medallion depicting Honorea Sneyd Edgworth, second wife of Wedgwood's friend Richard Lovell Edgworth (d.1780) Attributed to John Flaxman, made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1780 Marks: 'Ground & head / 2 of last 1559 / 1 of ---- 3614 / Black wash' and 'Wedgwood' Jasperware C116-1956 J. A. Tulk Beuqest The medallion was a trial piece inscribed with details of the composition(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. A. Tulk
Production
The medal was a trial piece. Commissioned and made in 1780.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.116-1956

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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