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Health Restored 1789
Stoneware, gilt metal | 6.3 x 4.7 x 0.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 45791
Josiah Wedgwood (& Sons) : Etruria (c. 1759-1940)
Health Restored 1789
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An oval jasperware plaque of in blue dip set in plain gilt metal bezel with slightly hollwed back and loop attachment, the plaque with white low relief decoration depicting George III facing right, his hair dressed with a laurel wreath tied at the back by a ribbon below a crowned banderole inscribed HEALTH RESTORED.
Provenance
Produced to celebrate George III's assumption of royal duties following his first period of illness, 1789. First recorded in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle in an inventory of Wedgwood porcelain dated 1914 - 17, this piece recorded as being found by Queen Mary at Windsor Castle.
Woolley and Wallis, 8 September 2021, lot 92. Reilly and Savage, Wedgwood: The Portrait Medallions, p. 167. A similar portrait is signed T. Pingo, probably derived from the Academy Prize Medal portrait, 1785, by Edward Burch. -
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Medium and techniques
Stoneware, gilt metal
Measurements
6.3 x 4.7 x 0.7 cm (whole object)
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