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Belt Clasp with a Woman Making a Sacrifice
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The jasperware medallions showing sacrificing priestesses were designed by Lady Templetown and Miss Crew for Josiah Wedgwood's factory, Etruria. They have been mounted in metal frames with faceted steel studs, a specialty of Matthew Boulton's factory in Birmingham.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. and Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase [in Vienna]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984-1987 | Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. |
| 1987 | Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1979-1980 | Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, Birmingham
(Place of Origin)
United Kingdom, England, Stoke-on-Trent, Etruria (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/2 x W: 2 5/16 in. (6.4 x 5.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. and Henry Walters, 1878
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1770
