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Collection of sixteen designs for buttons

John Flaxman, Wedgwood pottery, 1780–1795

Watercolour and pen set in glazed brass buttons for Josiah Wedgwood for jasper-ware buttons. Designs of classical figure on blue background. Part of two gifts to eight museums by Dorothea Hamilton through the Art Fund in 1963 and 1971.

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Title of artwork, date

Collection of sixteen designs for buttons, 1780–1795

Date supported

1963

Medium and material

Pen, watercolour

Dimensions

Each diameter: 3.5 cm

Gifted by

Dorothea Hamilton

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