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Lot 283

An interesting porcelain medallion
Circa 1815-25.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £480 inc. premium

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An interesting porcelain medallion

Circa 1815-25.
English or Welsh porcelain, painted with a portrait of The Bard, probably by William Weston Young, the circular medallion with a moulded frame and neatly constructed hanging loop picked out in gold, 10.7cm high (slight wear to the gilding only)

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Another medallion, with a similar portrait but with a different background, is illustrated by A E (Jimmy) Jones and Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration, p 158 and by Isaac J Williams, A Guide to the Collection of Welsh Porcelain in the National Museum of Wales, pls XV and XXXII. It would seem most likely that Young would have chosen a Welsh plaque and these medallions have therefore traditionally been ascribed to Swansea

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