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Hygeia 1789
Stoneware | 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 45798
Josiah Wedgwood (& Sons) : Etruria (c. 1759-1940)
Hygeia 1789
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An oval jasperware plaque in blue dip with white low relief decoration depicting a female figure pouring a libation from a pitcher held in her right hand into a bowl she holds in her left hand, a serpent entwined about her left arm, before an athenienne topped by a crown. A banderole above all is insribed SAL.RESTIT., the Latin abbreviation for "health restored". The serpent suggests the figure is Hygeia, the goddess of health, although the pose appears to be unique to this piece as other jasperware pieces including her show her standing full square.
Provenance
Produced to celebrate George III's recovery from his first period of illness in 1789. First recorded in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle in an inventory of Wedgwood porcelain dated 1914-17.
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6.5 x 4.1 x 0.4 cm (whole object)
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