Honora Sneyd Edgeworth
Trial Portrait Medallion
1780 (dated)
1780 (dated)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Oval medallion (7 x 5.7 cm) with head and shoulders portrait in low relief white Jasper stoneware on a solid white Jasper ground; she is shown facing left; the front impressed 'HONORA EDGEWORTH OB. 1780' below truncation; the back impressed 'WEDGWOOD' and inscribed 'old 1559 white' and with two large conical vent holes.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Honora Sneyd Edgeworth |
| Materials and techniques | White Jasper stoneware low relief applied to a solid white Jasper ground, both relief and support produced in a mould and luted together before firing. |
| Brief description | Portrait medallion of Honora Sneyd Edgworth, Jasper ware, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, ca. 1780 |
| Physical description | Oval medallion (7 x 5.7 cm) with head and shoulders portrait in low relief white Jasper stoneware on a solid white Jasper ground; she is shown facing left; the front impressed 'HONORA EDGEWORTH OB. 1780' below truncation; the back impressed 'WEDGWOOD' and inscribed 'old 1559 white' and with two large conical vent holes. |
| 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), after a model attributed to John Flaxman (after a silhouette by Mrs Harrington and a miniature by J. Smart) |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.82-1999 |
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| Record created | January 27, 2000 |
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