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Triumph of Bacchus, plaque

Triumph of Bacchus, plaque
designed (1790); manufactured (1790s)

Medium
stoneware (blue jasper)

Measurements
15.2 × 51.0 cm

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

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England

Inscription
impressed (vertically) in reverse c.: WEDGWO

Accession Number
D37-1994

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
Rectangular plaque showing a triumphal procession with the god Bacchus on a panther. Design based on a Roman sarcophagus in the Capitoline Museum.