[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood

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[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood

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[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood

About this item

Full title

[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood

Author / Creator

Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795

Date

1789

Call Numbers

SAFE/P*68

Record Identifier

YRlZ7rLn

Reference Code

442206

Formats

Pictures and Objects

Physical Description

Contents

Objects - 6.7 cm. medallion (max. diam.) ; 8.6 cm. box (max. diam.) - Weight: 17.55 grams - 1 clay medallion, brown in colour, stored in red-brown square shaped box.

Other Descriptions

Level of description

Fonds

Access and use

Physical Access Conditions

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Issue Copy

Digitised

Subjects

Subjects and topics

More information

Scope and Contents

Contents

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...

Alternative Titles

Full title

[Sydney Cove medallion], 1789 (original issue) / Josiah Wedgwood

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795

Author / Artists

Hackwood, William, active 1780-died 1836
Webber, Henry, 1754-1826

Notes

General note

Digital order no:Album ID : 825693...

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'