PAIR OF WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY DEEP-BLUE LAYERED JASPERWARE OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF GEORGE III (1738-1820) AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE (1744-1818)

PAIR OF WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY DEEP-BLUE LAYERED JASPERWARE OVAL PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF GEORGE III (1738-1820) AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE (1744-1818) circa 1776-1778, impressed Wedgwood & Bentley, after a model by Isaac Gosset, the reliefs by William Hackwood, applied in white relief with opposing half-length profile portraits, he with ribbon-tied coif and shoulder riband, his ermine-lined cloak with a Badge of the Order of the Garter, identified below 'GEO III'; she with pearl dressed hair and triple necklace suspending a portrait medallion most probably of him, in a 'jeweled' and ruffled bodice gown and ermine cloak, titled below 'Q. CHARLOTTE' h: 3 1/2 in. within inlaid Boulle marquetry frames, h: 4 1/2 in. (2)

Provenance: Brown Collection, nos. 27 and 28 (labels).
Lindsay Grigsby, Chadds Ford, PA, 2012.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 660.

Catalogue Note:
For a similar pair from the Wedgwood Museum, see Robin Reilly, 'Wedgwood Jasper' p. 120, figs. 96 and 97 and Appendix H:I. See the Victoria & Albert Museum, for a wax relief of George III by Gosset, accession no. A.57-1970 and a trial agate portrait of Queen Charlotte by Hackwood after Gosset, accession no. C.83-1999. Also reference Robin Reilly and George Savage, Wedgwood: the Portrait Medallions, p. 163; and for the pair presented to Queen Mary by Lady Mountstephen see, The Royal Collection Trust, accession nos. RCIN 45744 and 45755.

Exhibitions: Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, D.C., catalogue of the exhibit, â Wedgwood 250 Years of Innovation and Artistryâ , 2 October 2009 - 27 February 2010, p. 31, pl. 2.24.