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Two bas relief medallions of Omphale and Apollo(?), Wedgwood
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Two bas relief medallions of Omphale and Apollo(?), Wedgwood
c.1776
Jasperware
Museum number: S65
On display: Study
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Curatorial note
Two cameos in violet/purple jasper.
There is a biscuit block mould for the oval plaque of the Greek Goddess Omphale (on the left) in the collection of the Wedgwood Museum (accession number 2661; dimensions L 89 mm, W 66 mm and D 10 mm), dated 1776. The British Museum has a stoneware ('white waxen biscuit') oval plaque moulded with this figure, in a beaded gilt frame (BM 1909,1201.225), catalogued as Wedgwood and Bentley c.1773.
The right-hand figure is after the celebrated statue of a Faun with Pipes in the Louvre in which the faun is depicted leaning on a tree stump and holding his pipes. An oval trial medallion for the same figure, made by Wedgwood and Bentley at the Etruria Factory c.1773, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum C.84-1999, in blue jasper with the faun in high relief in white Jasper. The cameo is slightly less ovoid than this Soane example. The Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue entry notes that the figure was produced in a mould.
There is a biscuit block mould for the oval plaque of the Greek Goddess Omphale (on the left) in the collection of the Wedgwood Museum (accession number 2661; dimensions L 89 mm, W 66 mm and D 10 mm), dated 1776. The British Museum has a stoneware ('white waxen biscuit') oval plaque moulded with this figure, in a beaded gilt frame (BM 1909,1201.225), catalogued as Wedgwood and Bentley c.1773.
The right-hand figure is after the celebrated statue of a Faun with Pipes in the Louvre in which the faun is depicted leaning on a tree stump and holding his pipes. An oval trial medallion for the same figure, made by Wedgwood and Bentley at the Etruria Factory c.1773, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum C.84-1999, in blue jasper with the faun in high relief in white Jasper. The cameo is slightly less ovoid than this Soane example. The Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue entry notes that the figure was produced in a mould.
Associated items
S67, set
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