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Belt Clasp with a Woman Making a Sacrifice

Lady Elizabeth Templetown (British, 1747-1823) (Designer)
Emma Crew (British, active ca. 1783) (Designer)
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (English, 1759-present) (Manufacturer)
Matthew Boulton (English, 1728-1809) (?) (Metalworker)
1780-1800 (Neo-classical)
jasperware, steel, tin
(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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[Makers Mark] Wedgwood

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

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.
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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

Location in Museum

Hackerman House at 1 West Mount Vernon Place: Carriage House: Distinctive Design - European and North American Decorative Art

Accession Number

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48.1770

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1780-1800 (Neo-classical)
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