Cameo

James Tassie

  • Titles Cameo (Descriptive)
  • Artist James Tassie, Scotland, 1735 - 1799
  • Medium white glass paste
  • Dimensions 1 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in. (3.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.693.2010
  • Work Type cameo
  • Classification Medals

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