3 glass miniatures
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Three sulphide portrait medallions, circa 1830-40
Comprising an Apsley Pellatt oval medallion of William IV as a Roman Emperor, with a star-cut back and scalloped edge, 8.5cm, a circular medallion of Sir Isaac Newton, 8.3cm, and a small French rectangular panel with a royal portrait in profile, 5.5cm high (latter probably reduced) (3)
Sold for £625 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The sulphide of Newton is taken from a Wedgwood medallion modelled by Hackwood, see Reilly and Savage, Wedgwood, the portrait medallions (1973), p.58

Category: Decorative Arts / Glass

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