£200 - £300
FOUR WEDGWOOD JASPER PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS, 18TH CENTURY comprising George Washington copied from a medal by Voltaire struck in Paris 1777, blue jasper and white relief, c1777-80, 10.5 x 8.5cm, impressed WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY, Admiral Augustus Keppel, c1780, blue jasper with white relief impressed KEPPEL, 10 x 8cm, impressed WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY, William ('Governor') Franklin, modelled by John Flaxman, c1783-90, white jasper dipped in green with white relief, impressed Gr. FRANKLIN, 10.5 x 8.5cm, impressed WEDGWOOD and James 'Athenian' Stuart, c1780, white jasper dipped in green with white relief, impressed J. STUART, 8.8 x 7cm, impressed WEDGWOOD, in Victorian machine carved oak frame with printed trade label of Shaw & Sons Wheeler Gate Nottingham
All in fine condition, undisturbed in the frame until removed for the purposes of cataloguing for the present sale, the medallion of Washington with some mild surface discolouration visible on the image
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