POLITICAL POTTERY

Abolition’s rallying cry

Emancipation Medallion

made 1777

reated by Wedgwood in 1777 and first appearing in the public catalogue 10 years later, this anti-slavery medallion embodies the global tensions, political awakenings and economic contradictions of Georgian Britain. Made from white Jasper with a black relief and mounted in gilt-metal, on its edge is inscribed the challenge: “Am