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Trial piece for Frog service, dessert dish

Trial piece for Frog service, dessert dish
(c. 1773)

Medium
earthenware (creamware)

Measurements
5.6 × 29.2 × 21.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Keith M. Deutsher, Founder Benefactor, 1993

Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England

Inscription
impressed (inverted) in base c.: WEDGWOOD

Accession Number
D7-1993

Department
International Decorative Arts

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Oval dish decorated in sepia and black. Landscape scene, the west view of Orford Castle Suffolk, set within narrow husk border. Outer grapevine border bears shield with frog emblem in green.