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Jasperware cameo portrait of Joseph Priestley

  • 1952

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Oval blue Jasperware cameo; raised profile portrait of Priestley is white and in the center of the oval; back of the cameo is flat and has gold text.

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  • 4.375 in. H x 3.5 in. W x 0.5 in. D
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  • (Back) "WEDGWOOD / 1952"
  • (Back) "DR. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY / 1733-1804 / MEMBER OF LUNAR SOCIETY / DISCOVERER OF OXYGEN / FRIEND OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD / THIS PLAQUE WAS STRUCK FROM THE ORIGINAL MODEL PRODUCED BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD IN 1779"
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box Fine Art: Cameo

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Science History Institute. Jasperware Cameo Portrait of Joseph Priestley. Photograph, 2017. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/08612p29r.

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