Anti-Slavery Cameo

1787

3.6 cm 3.8 cm

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Josiah Wedgwood, a potter and leading member of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, had this medallion modeled after the Society’s seal and produced in ceramic. Wedgwood donated hundreds of medallions to the Society to promote the movement, and they bec...

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Taylor B. Williams Antiques, Chicago; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 1989.
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