Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015
Lot 120
A Wedgwood & Bentley Jasperware oval portrait plaque c.1773
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £280
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Description
A Wedgwood & Bentley Jasperware oval portrait plaque c.1773, of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78), facing to the right and wearing a fur-edged hat and coat, impressed mark, impressed S&I, mounted in a later metal frame, broken in half and restuck, the plaque 5.2cm.
Cf. The British Museum, Accession No. OA.5054, for an identical example bequeathed by Dr Frederick Parkes Weber in 1906.