Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLION CIRCA 1775
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 USD
Lot Details
Description
A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLION CIRCA 1775
of the poet Nicolas Boileau or Andre Dacier, modeled facing to his left within a molded laurel wreath and ribbed integral frame.
Height 6¾ in.
17.2 cm
The Milton Milestone Collection of Early Wedgwood Pottery, Part II, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, April 6, 1976, lot 317
Sotheby's New York, October 21, 1999, lot 74
Gallagher, Ars Ceramica, 2019, no. 31, p. 17, fig. 8