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FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE GLASS MEDALLION CIRCA 1790
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THREE ABOLITIONIST OBJECTS AND A GEORGE III TASSIE GLASS-PASTE PORTRAIT MEDALLION
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE GLASS MEDALLION CIRCA 1790
Comprising: an alabaster framed bone medallion applied with a kneeling chained slave before a seascape with masted ships beyond, inscribed 'O BRITAIN TO THEE I APPEAL'; a cylindrical papier-mâché box with similar medallion inset, inscribed 'THANK GOD FOR LIBERTY'; and a yellow metal pendant inset with an oval plaque depicting a kneeling slave inscribed 'AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER', the reverse inset with a panel of woven human hair and inscribed 'Avoid Self Reproach' and a Tassie profile portrait medallion depicting a bewigged gentleman; together with a gilt-hard wax medallion of George III, after T. Wyon
The first: 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter overall
The last: 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high overall
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE GLASS MEDALLION CIRCA 1790
Comprising: an alabaster framed bone medallion applied with a kneeling chained slave before a seascape with masted ships beyond, inscribed 'O BRITAIN TO THEE I APPEAL'; a cylindrical papier-mâché box with similar medallion inset, inscribed 'THANK GOD FOR LIBERTY'; and a yellow metal pendant inset with an oval plaque depicting a kneeling slave inscribed 'AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER', the reverse inset with a panel of woven human hair and inscribed 'Avoid Self Reproach' and a Tassie profile portrait medallion depicting a bewigged gentleman; together with a gilt-hard wax medallion of George III, after T. Wyon
The first: 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter overall
The last: 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high overall
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