Thalia & Clio
Summary
Public: Two oval plaques, stoneware, solid blue jasper with darker blue dip and applied white relief decoration depicting the Muses, Thalia and Clio. Private: Two solid blue plaques with darker blue dip on front, each with a single draped female figure in white, one depicting Thalia, muse of festivals and comic poetry, holding a crook and comic mask, one depicting Clio, muse of history, holding a trumpet and scroll with CLIO impressed beneath. Gilt oval frames still attached.
Object Name
Thalia & Clio
Creators Name
Date Created
1775=1780
Dimensions
frame: 10.1cm x 8.5cm
object: 8cm x 6.3cm
accession number
1906.77/2
Collection Group
Place of creation
Etruria
Medium
