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3 août 2013

A Late 18th Century Wedgwood Silver Mounted Black Basalt Oval Plaque Depicting James II

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A Late 18th Century Wedgwood Silver Mounted Black Basalt Oval Plaque Depicting James II. Photo courtesy Finch & Co

Impressed Wedgwood. Silver frame with easel support. Size: 14cm high, 12cm wide - 5½ ins high, 4¾ ins wide. FOR SALE

A Victorian inscription to the reverse relating to an ivory carving of the same subject in the V&A Museum 

Provenance

Moulded in high relief with James II Crowned by Peace and Justice, the reverse inscribed in white ‘James II Crowned by Peace and Justice with Discord beneath his feet. Copied from an ivory plaque in the Victoria and Albert Museum signed ‘Jacobus Constantin fecit’ 
Probably French 17th century and was possibly made to commemorate the suppression of the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685

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