• Title
  [Sydney Cove medallion], 1890s / Wedgwood
• Call number
  PM 134
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 44
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  1890s
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  239935
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  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 fracture through white base extends to centre
  
• 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'.
• Scope and Content
  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 Labour, between images of a sailing ship (on the left), houses and a windmill on a hill (on the right), and a basket of fruit (centre foreground) that denotes plenty.
• Access Conditions
  Access via appointment
• General note
  The original medallion, produced in 1789, commemorates the landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788. The medallion was originally produced in three distinct colours: pale cream, brown and black.
  Five original medallions are held in the Mitchell Library: P*66 ; P*67 ; P*68 ; PM 132 ; PM 133.
  Notes on the Wedgwood Medallions, compiled by the Mitchell Library, are located at Aw 127.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 874437
• Signatures / 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.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Lovatt, Thomas, 1850-1915
  Webber, Henry, 1754-1826
  
• Name
  Sydney Cove medallion (pottery)
  
• Topic
  commemorative ware
  medallions
  pottery
  
• Place
  Sydney Cove (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  Inspired! Design across time
  Pieces of Wedgwood
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1097587

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