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Hygia, intaglio gem
(18th century)
Medium
stoneware (basalt)
Measurements
0.3 × 1.8 × 2.2
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
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
impressed in base c.: WEDGWOOD / 279
Accession Number
D486-1994
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
Five small oval seal-stones with classsical figures in intaglio. Each bears a number relating to Wedgwood catalogues.