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Mars, cameo

WEDGWOOD, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)
Mars, cameo
 (18th century)

Medium
stoneware (lilac jasper)

Measurements
0.8 × 5.1 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs Norma Deutsher, Governor, 1994

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 in rear c.: WEDGWOOD

Accession Number
D33-1994

Department
International Decorative Arts

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

Physical description
Circular medallion with figure of a man in classical armour and an animal, in white relief on lilac ground, after the antique.

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