Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 21st April 2021
Lot 651
A PAIR OF GILT BRASS PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF LORD NELSON AND CHARLES FOX
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £400
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Description
A PAIR OF GILT BRASS PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF LORD NELSON AND CHARLES FOX
AFTER PETER WYON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
depicting a bust of Admiral Lord Nelson, within a band of oak leaves and acorns, signed with initials 'P W F' (Peter Wyon fecit), the other of Charles James Fox, also with a band of oak leaves and acorns and signed 'P. Wyon', with pen inscription to verso 'Presented to my Grandfather John Watts, who was secretary to Captain Hardy, on board H.M.S. Victory + other .....Lord Nelson ..Admiral of the Fleet 1812-1815', in moulded ebonised and glazed frames (2)
17cm diameter