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Lot Essay
This BAFTA award for Best Actor was presented to John Gielgud for his role as Cassius in the 1953 M.G.M. film Julius Caesar.
Details
John Gielgud
A pale blue Wedgewood Jasper circular plaque depicting a relief figure of Apollo within a band of oak leaves and acorns, with gilt-stamped lettering to the front British Film Academy Award 1953, in customised frame -- 12½x12½in. (31.8x31.8cm.)
A pale blue Wedgewood Jasper circular plaque depicting a relief figure of Apollo within a band of oak leaves and acorns, with gilt-stamped lettering to the front British Film Academy Award 1953, in customised frame -- 12½x12½in. (31.8x31.8cm.)
Provenance
The John Gielgud Collection, Sotheby's, London, 5th April, 2001.
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