Cameo medallion
Wedgwood
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
12.5 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636537.7
Summary
One of a set of eight miniature Wedgwood blue jasper round cameo medallions - possibly for use as mounted buttons - depicting gods, goddesses and putti in classical mythology, after Raphael. a-c) impressed 'WEDGWOOD' and 'W',a) also inscribed '3/-'
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.
Makers and roles
Wedgwood, manufacturer