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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 Ms Carol Grigor 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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