07-13-201707-14-2017
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3020BBoston
July 13, 2017 04:00 PMCalender
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Eight Wedgwood Oval Portrait Medallions

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$523$425
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3020BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 14, 2017 10:00AM

Description:

Eight Wedgwood Oval Portrait Medallions, England, 18th to 20th century, a self-framed black basalt of Josiah Wedgwood, made for the bicentenary in 1930, lg. 3 3/4; a glazed stoneware of a young classical man, lg. 3; a white terra-cotta classical depiction of George III, lg. 2 1/2; a Bert Bentley self-framed tricolor of Charles Fox with black frame, light blue ground and white relief, BB957; and four with white relief: a solid black George Washington, lg. 5, green dip Earl Howe, lg. 4 1/4, dark blue dip Horatio Nelson, lg. 4, and a solid light blue Goethe, lg. 4 3/8 in.; impressed marks.
Estimate $300-500

Each in very good condition throughout with no evidence of any cracks, chips or restorations.


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Keywords

George III, George Washington, Horatio Nelson, Charles Fox, Earl Howe, United Kingdom