[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood
[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood
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Date
1789
Call Numbers
SAFE/P*67
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Physical Description
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Objects - stored in circular wooden frame with glass panel on front and back ; approx. 5.6 cm. medallion (max. diam.); 8.8 cm. frame (max. diam.) - Handrwritten on reverse of frame: H 232 being number assigned by the Australian Museum. Probably framed by the Australian Museum. - 1 clay medallion, cr...
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Sydney Cove medallion titled: `Hope encouraging Art and Labour, under the influence of Peace, to pursue the employments necessary to give security and happiness to an infant settlement'.
Obverse: Bas-relief design featuring three women and a man in classical dress, personifying Hope, addressing Peace, Art, and Labour, between images of a sailing...
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[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood
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Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823587...
Signature / Inscriptions
Place and date of manufacture in raised (sprigged) text beneath image on obverse: `Etruria / 1789'
Impressed text on reverse: `Made By / Iosiah Wedgwood / of Clay / From / Sydney Cove'
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired by Sir Saul Samuel, Agent General for NSW in London, in 1891; deposited with Australian Museum; transferred 1955.
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Call Numbers
SAFE/P*67
Record Identifier
1xqZJo6Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1xqZJo6Y
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446727
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