Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day Two - 06 Jul 2023
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A GEORGE III WAX PORTRAIT BUST OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS
A GEORGE III WAX PORTRAIT BUST OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS
AFTER JOHN FLAXMAN JR, C.1780-90
in an oval carved oak frame
11.5 x 9.5cm max
Provenance
A private collection, Salisbury.
Catalogue Note
Wedgwood made a near identical portrait medallion in both blue and lilac jasper quite possibly using the same mould. See: Bindman (D) Ed. John Flaxman RA, published by the Royal Academy of Arts, 1979, p. 51, pl. 21a.
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