A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT BUST OF MERCURY

A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT BUST OF MERCURY

LATE 19TH CENTURY

on a burnished black basalt socle, impressed 'WEDGWOOD' to both the bust and base

47cm high

Provenance

The Collection of Jean Louis Chameroy (1946-2020).

Catalogue Note

Both John Flaxman and plastermen Hoskins and Grant supplied busts of Mercury (or Hermes) to Wedgwood in the late 18th century.

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