Frieze Tablet

Wedgwood

Titles Cupid, Tersichore, and Two Dancing Hours (Descriptive)
Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
Medium stoneware (jasperware)
Credit Line Gift of Dwight and Lucille Beeson, 1976.108
Object Name plaque or tablet
Classification Plaques
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Oval blue jasper cameo with white relief decoration, set in cut steel as a buckle. the cut steel is multi faceted to imitate gemstones and is probably produced by Matthew Boulton, the jasperware shows the sacrifice to cupid.

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