Lot 22

A Wedgwood pale-blue-ground Jasper-dipped portrait medallion of Catherine The Great, Empress of Russia; and a blue-dip portrait medallion of Epicurus

LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE FIRST WITH UPPER-CASE MARK, THE SECOND WITH LOWER-CASE MARK

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A Wedgwood pale-blue-ground Jasper-dipped portrait medallion of Catherine The Great, Empress of Russia; and a blue-dip portrait medallion of Epicurus
Late 18th Century, the first with upper-case mark, the second with lower-case mark
The first after the original medal by T. Ivanov, applied in white relief with a portrait of the Empress facing to her left, crowned, her hair about her shoulders, wearing a cuirass and fur-trimmed cloak, above the impressed inscription EMP. RUSSIA (slight chips to back of plaque), 3 1/8in. (8cm.) high; the second with a solid pale-blue ground, the head of the philosopher facing to his left, impressed EPICURUS to the reverse, 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Robin Reilly 'Wedgwood Portrait Medallions, An Introduction', Exhibition Catalogue, National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, 3rd October 1973 to 5th January 1974, no. 16 (for the first). See also Wedgwood Museum Barlaston, Catalogue (1974), p. 27, no. 11.

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