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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2501570, member: 5833"]John Flaxman was an early modeler for Wedgwood. This is one resource:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ia902608.us.archive.org/10/items/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ia902608.us.archive.org/10/items/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://ia902608.us.archive.org/10/items/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Early on Wedgwood bought impressions from James Tassie, which Tassie took from engraved gems in the collections of illustrious collectors. When they became competitors, Wedgwood turned more to original work in the neoclassical style. Decorations on a piece rarely seem to add up to one coherent scene; more like individual vignettes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Meteyard reference:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iZAMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=wedgwood+handbook&source=bl&ots=GG6OZuSj13&sig=YTEULaxVPrRMyqINQfUsesH4ZzI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH6MHMq5bRAhWDQCYKHedBBEgQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q&f=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iZAMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=wedgwood+handbook&source=bl&ots=GG6OZuSj13&sig=YTEULaxVPrRMyqINQfUsesH4ZzI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH6MHMq5bRAhWDQCYKHedBBEgQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q&f=true" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=iZAMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=wedgwood+handbook&source=bl&ots=GG6OZuSj13&sig=YTEULaxVPrRMyqINQfUsesH4ZzI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH6MHMq5bRAhWDQCYKHedBBEgQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q&f=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Other members have had good luck with inquiries to the Wedgwood Museum:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the decorations are known simply as 'sacrificial scene', 'sacrificial figure', 'sacrificial priest', etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When a decoration is taken from an engraved gem with a recognized subject, such as those in the Raspe catalogue of the Tassie impressions, those title have been attached & preserved. When designs are those of their own modelers, names tend to be vague, or inconsistent. <a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/hours/wedgwood-hours" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/hours/wedgwood-hours" rel="nofollow">Flaxman's so-called Dancing Hours</a> are an exception.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2501570, member: 5833"]John Flaxman was an early modeler for Wedgwood. This is one resource: [URL]https://ia902608.us.archive.org/10/items/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog/wedgwoodscatalo00metegoog.pdf[/URL] Early on Wedgwood bought impressions from James Tassie, which Tassie took from engraved gems in the collections of illustrious collectors. When they became competitors, Wedgwood turned more to original work in the neoclassical style. Decorations on a piece rarely seem to add up to one coherent scene; more like individual vignettes. Another Meteyard reference: [URL]https://books.google.com/books?id=iZAMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=wedgwood+handbook&source=bl&ots=GG6OZuSj13&sig=YTEULaxVPrRMyqINQfUsesH4ZzI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH6MHMq5bRAhWDQCYKHedBBEgQ6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q&f=true[/URL] Other members have had good luck with inquiries to the Wedgwood Museum: [URL]http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/[/URL] Many of the decorations are known simply as 'sacrificial scene', 'sacrificial figure', 'sacrificial priest', etc. When a decoration is taken from an engraved gem with a recognized subject, such as those in the Raspe catalogue of the Tassie impressions, those title have been attached & preserved. When designs are those of their own modelers, names tend to be vague, or inconsistent. [URL='https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/allegorical/hours/wedgwood-hours']Flaxman's so-called Dancing Hours[/URL] are an exception.[/QUOTE]
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