Belt Clasp with a Woman Making a Sacrifice

1780-1800 (Neo-classical)

5.8 cm 6.4 cm

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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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William T. and Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase [in Vienna]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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