FIVE WEDGWOOD DEEP-BLUE DIP JASPERWARE MEDALLIONS

FIVE WEDGWOOD DEEP-BLUE DIP JASPERWARE MEDALLIONS late 18th Century, impressed uppercase marks, each with applied white relief, four with polished-edge including a circular portrait of Prince Charles Stuart, dia: 1 3/4 in.; a circular with a Muse making a sacrifice over the crown of George III, on the return to health of the monarch in 1788, dia: 1 7/8 in.; and three from the German series commemoratives for the Coronation of Leopold II in 1790, including an oval with a bust of Leopold the Lawgiver supported by Wisdom and Benevolence, h: 1 3/8 x w: 1 1/8 in.; an oval beveled edge cameo with Mars presenting a crown to the genius of Germany to be placed on a bust of Leopold beneath a large eagle, h: 2 x w: 1 3/4 in.; and a small oval with an Imperial double-headed eagle beneath a crown, h: 1 1/4 x w: 7/8 in. (5)

Provenance: Skinner, Boston, 15 January 2005, sale 2264, lot 114.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 382A.

Exhibitions: 19th Wedgwood International Seminar, 1974, no. K27 (label) - Leopold II Coronation.
1st Bank of the U.S., Philadelphia, 'Josiah Wedgwood Jubilee Exhibition', 1980, no. 26.26f (label) - Leopold II Coronation.
Hammond Museum, in collaboration with The Wedgwood Society of New York, 'All about Wedgwood': [exhibition] 13 May - 28 October 1984 (label) - double-headed eagle.