medallion; cameo

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Object Type: medallion; cameo
Museum number: 1887,0307,I.683
Description: Medallion; oval cameo, jasper ware, black relief on a white ground; a chained African kneeling, with legend; set in a gilt metal mount.
Producer name: Modelled by: William Hackwood (fl.1770); Factory of: Wedgwood (under Wedgwood, Josiah I)
Production date: 1787 (circa)
Production place: Factory in: Etruria (England)
Materials: stoneware; brass
Ware
Technique: relief; impressed
Dimensions: Length: 3 centimetres (incl mount); Length: 1.30 inches; Width: 3 centimetres (incl mount); Depth: 3 centimetres (incl mount)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See also 1909,1201.261
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 (I683); McGrath 2012 / Caryatids, Page Boys, and African Fetters. Themes of African Slavery in European Art (Pl. 1)
Location: On display (G1/fc24)
Subjects: african; slave/slavery
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1887
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1887,0307,I.683

Free entry