A Wedgwood blue Jasper portrait medallion of the Comte de Mirabeau, a Wedgwood plaque and two other plaques

LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE FIRST TWO WITH IMPRESSED UPPER-CASE MARKS, ALL WITH CONTEMPORARY COPPER-GILT FRAMES WITH RINGS FOR SUSPENSION

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A Wedgwood blue Jasper portrait medallion of the Comte de Mirabeau, a Wedgwood plaque and two other plaques
Late 18th Century, the first two with impressed upper-case marks, all with contemporary copper-gilt frames with rings for suspension
Comprising: a Wedgwood circular blue Jasper medallion applied in white relief with a profile portrait of Honoré Gabriel de Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791) within an anthemion and foliate border (slight chip), 2¼in. (6cm.) diam.; a Wedgwood octagonal blue Jasper plaque applied with a white relief of Marcus Curtius of two classical Greek warriors in a landscape, one riding a horse which rears before a wall of fire, 2¼in. (6cm.) wide; and a pair of circular blue-ground stoneware plaques, possibly Turner, applied in white with vignettes of Venus Tormenting Cupid, 1 7/8in. (4.5cm.) diam. (4)

Lot Essay

Cf. Robin Reilly and George Savage, Wedgwood, The Portrait Medallions (1973) p. 243 (for the first). Mirabeau was a Jacobin, a supporter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, who believed that the British style of constitutional monarchy should have been implemented in France.

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