Wedgwood Oliver Wendell Holmes

Description:

Wedgwood Oliver Wendell Holmes Dark Blue Jasper Dip Portrait Plaque, England, c. 1900, oval shape with applied white relief, printed mark for Richard Briggs Company Boston and impressed title and factory marks, 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.; set in an ebonized wood frame.
Estimate $300-500

Firing line to relief along the edge of his hair. No evidence of any chips or restorations. Not examined out of frame.


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