TWO WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY BLACK BASALT OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF EARL CAMDEN AND THE EARL OF CHATHAM modelled in relief and in profile to right and left, one named CHATHAM on the front, the other LD. CAMDEN on the reverse (Camden with small rim chip, Chatham with slight rim chips), impressed marks, circa 1778
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TWO WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY BLACK BASALT OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF EARL CAMDEN AND THE EARL OF CHATHAM modelled in relief and in profile to right and left, one named CHATHAM on the front, the other LD. CAMDEN on the reverse (Camden with small rim chip, Chatham with slight rim chips), impressed marks, circa 1778
about 8.2cm. high (2)
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Chatham modelled by John Flaxman in 1778 and Camden after a medal by Thomas Pingo, 1766