Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day Two - 6th July 2023

Lot 576

A GEORGE III WAX PORTRAIT BUST OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £550

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Description

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.