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457338
  • Title
    Sydney Cove Medallion, 1988 / Wedgwood
  • Creator
  • Call number
    R 986
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1988
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    457338
  • Physical Description
    Objects - 27 x 48 cm. incl. frame - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion set in brown basalt plaque, mounted on brown velvet with timber backing & timber framed
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • General note

    Poem about Sydney stamped on plaque, composed by Erasmus Darwin
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Etruria / 1789 -- at lower edge of medallion
    "Australian Bicentennial / 1788-1988 / Sydney Cove Medallion / Designed for / Josiah Wedgwood F.R.S. / by Henry Webber in 1788 / To celebrate the founding of / the first settlement in Australia / The original medallions were made / from clay dug from Sydney Cove / Number 4 / in a limited edition of / 25" -- stamped on reverse
    "Wedgwood / PM / Made in England / 88" -- impressed on reverse
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