Lot 68The Property of the late H.D. CONSTANTINE, Esq.

A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD DIPPED BRIGHT-BLUE AND WHITE JASPER OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS modelled in relief with William Pitt the younger, slightly turned to the left, and Charles James Fox almost full-face (Pitt with blemish to tip of nose, Fox with a minor chip to collar and lapel of jacket and slight cracks to relief), impressed marks, circa 1790, later giltmetal-mounted square rosewood frames

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A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD DIPPED BRIGHT-BLUE AND WHITE JASPER OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS modelled in relief with William Pitt the younger, slightly turned to the left, and Charles James Fox almost full-face (Pitt with blemish to tip of nose, Fox with a minor chip to collar and lapel of jacket and slight cracks to relief), impressed marks, circa 1790, later giltmetal-mounted square rosewood frames
9.5cm. high (2)

Specialist note

Cf. Robin Reilly and George Savage, Wedgwood, the Portrait Medallions, pp. 276 (b) and 144

Both probably after the models by John Flaxman