cameo; button

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Object Type: cameo; button
Museum number: 1887,0307,I.273
Description: Blue and white cameos, card of eighteen, mounted in pinchbeck as buttons, in the original paper wrapping; subjects include Hygieia, Hebe, Jupiter, Three Graces, Diana in her car, Hercules binding Cerberus, etc.
Producer name
Production place: Factory in: Etruria (England)
Materials: stoneware; alloy
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.38 inches
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: mythical figure/creature; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Representation of: Hygieia/Salus; Representation of: Hebe; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter; Representation of: Graces/Charities; Representation of: Artemis/Diana; Representation of: Herakles/Hercules; Representation of: Cerberus
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,I.273

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