Lot 57
A set of Wedgwood portrait medallions in a giltwood frame one dated 1797
14 April 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,080 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA set of Wedgwood portrait medallions in a giltwood frame
one dated 1797
Comprising nineteen cold-painted and varnished creamware oval medallions with portraits of illustrious Greeks and Romans and Eastern kings, some with incised titles including 'Otho', 'Augustus', 'Dometia','Caius' and 'Miltiades', 5.2cm and 13cm high, impressed Wedgwood, one incised 'July 18 1797' (two broken and restuck, some loss to paintwork, frame of a later date) (20)
Comprising nineteen cold-painted and varnished creamware oval medallions with portraits of illustrious Greeks and Romans and Eastern kings, some with incised titles including 'Otho', 'Augustus', 'Dometia','Caius' and 'Miltiades', 5.2cm and 13cm high, impressed Wedgwood, one incised 'July 18 1797' (two broken and restuck, some loss to paintwork, frame of a later date) (20)