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A COLLECTION OF CUT-STEEL MOUNTED WEDGWOOD BLUE AND WHITE JASPER PLAQUETTES AND BUTTONS
CIRCA 1800, THE MOUNTS IN THE MANNER OF MATHEW BOULTON
Including two buttons suspending rectangular plaquettes to form earrings, decorated in relief with classical figures standing beside pedestals; two buttons with Herculese slaying the Erymanthian Boar and with Cupid Holding a Dove; and and oval plaquette with a sacrifice, Jacobs Collection no. 546 (the earrings assembled and one button repaired, the plaquettes jasper-dip, the oval medallion with polished edges) (5)
CIRCA 1800, THE MOUNTS IN THE MANNER OF MATHEW BOULTON
Including two buttons suspending rectangular plaquettes to form earrings, decorated in relief with classical figures standing beside pedestals; two buttons with Herculese slaying the Erymanthian Boar and with Cupid Holding a Dove; and and oval plaquette with a sacrifice, Jacobs Collection no. 546 (the earrings assembled and one button repaired, the plaquettes jasper-dip, the oval medallion with polished edges) (5)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's East, New York, October 23, 1984, lot 340