Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2465Location: BostonDate / Time: July 11, 2009 10:00AM
Description:
Six Wedgwood Black Basalt Oval Portrait Medallions, England, 18th/early 19th century, including two Wedgwood and Bentley, a self-framed Domitilla, lg. 2 3/4 in.; and Engelbrecht Kaempfer, lg. 1 3/4 in., mounted as a brooch; an upper-lower case self-framed of Socrates, lg. 2 7/8 in.; and three upper case marks, Garrick, lg. 3 3/8 in.; Johnson, lg. 3 3/8 in.; and Howe, lg. 4 1/4 in.
Estimate $800-1,200
Domitilla: gilding appears to be a later addition; slight chips to inner edge of self-frame. All else in very good condition throughout.