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Object Type
Museum number: 1887,0307,I.673
Description: Button, circular, jasper ware, with dark blue dip, polished edge, moulded applied white relief of a cornucopia, a cap of liberty on a pole and a laurel branch, border of applied fleurs-de-lys; in a gilt metal mount with suspension ring; marked.
Producer name
Production date: 1789-1792 (circa)
Production place: Factory in: Etruria (England)
Materials: stoneware; brass
Ware
Technique: relief; dipped; polished; moulded; applied
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.10 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Bindman The fleur-de-lis motif around the border suggests a date of 1792 at the latest. The cornucopia indicates the prosperity and honour attendant upon liberty.
Bibliographic references: Hobson 1903 / Catalogue of the collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquites and Ethnography of the British Museum (I673); Bindman 1989 / The Shadow of the Guillotine - Britain and the French revolution (36d); Dawson 1984 / Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British Museum (pl. 12)
Location: On display (G46/dc18/p4/no28)
Subjects
Associated names
Associated events: Commemoration of: French Revolution
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,I.673
Conservation

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