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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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