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Chesspiece
Chesspiece, solid green jasper, in the form of a square tower wirh spreading base, battlements, angle turret, door, window and arrow loops, the sides moulded to resemble stonework. The base chipped and with a hole to one side, one of the battlements broken off.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36081
Creation/Production
Wedgwood
Date: 1860-1870
Acquisition
Purchase, 1904
Measurements
Height
(cm): 7.6
Length
(cm): 3.8
Width
(cm): 3.8
Height
(in): 3
Length
(in): 1
Width
(in): 1
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
Material
jasper
Location
Gallery 07B South
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