Octagonal tri-color jasper (sage green, dark blue, and white) cameo with white relief of Marcus Scoevola before King Porsena, featuring three warriors surrounding a fire, diana the huntress sitting on a chair being tended to and another soldier sitting on a chair.

Marcus Scoevola before King Porsena

Wedgwood

About 1820

  • Titles Marcus Scoevola before King Porsena (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (jasperware)
  • 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.1782.2008
  • Object Name cameo
  • Classification Medals

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