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[Sydney Cove medallion], 1890s / Wedgwood
[Sydney Cove medallion], 1890s / Wedgwood
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Date
1890s
Call Numbers
PM 134 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 2, Shelf 27
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Physical Description
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Objects - surface cracks on front. ; 7.6 cm. (max. diam.) - Weight: 33.6 grams. Impressed on reverse: `T L' for the modeller, Thomas Lovatt. Number on reverse: L2848/3, being Powerhouse Museum loan number. - 1 stoneware medallion being solid white jasperware, upper surface washed blue. Tapering frac...
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Reproduction of original Sydney Cove medallion (1789) 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 Lab...
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[Sydney Cove medallion], 1890s / Wedgwood
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Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 874437...
Signature / Inscriptions
Place and date of manufacture of original medallion in raised text beneath image on obverse: `Etruria / 1789'
Impressed initials on reverse: `T L' for modeller Thomas Lovatt.
Contextual Information
Source
Bequest of L. Richard Smith, 2003.
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Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Lovatt worked for the Wedgwood factory from around 1870 until the early 1900s. He was one of few employees ever permitted to sign his work, usually `T. Lovatt' or `T L'.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PM 134 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 2, Shelf 27
Record Identifier
nM73d2AY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM73d2AY
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Reference code
239935
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