English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 99
James Tassie (Scottish
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600
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Description
James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799)
Two portrait plaques of Jane Gray and Dr James Gregory, modelled in profile facing left, cast in white glass relief on a blue grey ground, titled 'Jane Gray Died 13 Feb 1792' and 'James Gregory MD Acad Edin 1791' respectively, both signed 'Tassie F', mounted in glazed wooden oval frames, 15cm. (2)
Dr Gregory was a Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh and the inventor of Gregory's Powder, a foul-tasting but effective stomach sedative.
Provenance: from a private collection in Sussex.