Lot 68
68
A PEARLWARE CIRCULAR PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD, moulded in relief and decorated in Pratt colours, in profile to the left flanked by stylised flowers, the self-moulded frame enriched in ochre, blue and brown, pierced for hanging (chip and two small chips to underside of rim), circa 1796, perhaps Yorkshire

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A PEARLWARE CIRCULAR PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD, moulded in relief and decorated in Pratt colours, in profile to the left flanked by stylised flowers, the self-moulded frame enriched in ochre, blue and brown, pierced for hanging (chip and two small chips to underside of rim), circa 1796, perhaps Yorkshire
14cm. diam.
Provenance
John Hall Collection
Literature
Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, vol. I, pl. C69

Lot Essay

The portrait is taken from the jasper medallion modelled by Joachim Smith, see Robin Reilly, op. cit., p. 67, pl. 45. See also ibid., p. 327, pl. 416 where the author mentions recorded examples inscribed 'William Sheldon, Etruria November 17th 1790' indicating that portraits were made at the Etruria factory, perhaps as trials

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