Oval Tassie glass intaglio with Venus and Cupid, 'MARXANT" in field

Intaglio

James Tassie

  • Titles Intaglio (Descriptive)
  • Artist James Tassie, Scotland, 1735 - 1799
  • Medium glass
  • 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.1383.2011
  • Object Name intaglio
  • Classification Medals

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