WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT LIBRARY BUST OF MERCURY

WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT LIBRARY BUST OF MERCURY 19th Century, impressed uppercase mark at the back and on the socle, the model attributed to John Flaxman, Jr., the youthful god depicted in winged helmet, turned to sinister, truncated at the shoulder, on a waisted circular socle, h: 17 1/2 in.

Provenance: With Kay Adams, 1986
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 77.

Catalogue Note:
For similar examples, see Bonhams, London, 15 November 2017, lot 150; and The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection, sold, Skinner, Boston, sale 3020B, 13 July 2017, lot 127.