WEDGWOOD PALE-BLUE JASPERWARE PLAQUE, 'MERCURY UNITING ENGLAND AND FRANCE'

WEDGWOOD PALE-BLUE JASPERWARE PLAQUE, 'MERCURY UNITING ENGLAND AND FRANCE' 19th Century, impressed uppercase mark and o, after a design by John Flaxman (1755-1826), applied in high relief with Mercury joining the hands of Britannia and Artemis in Peace, h: 9 1/2 x w: 10 1/2 in., within a giltwood architectural frame, h: 17 x w: 15 in.

Provenance: Skinner, Boston, 5 December 1992, lot 244.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 223.

Catalogue Note:
See John Flaxman, 'Lectures on Sculpture: On the Death of Thomas Banks, Antonio Canova, and John Flaxman' (cover illustration). For an example, dated 1780-1790, at the Art Institute Chicago see accession no. 1912.1016.