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Josiah Wedgwood (& Sons) : Etruria (c. 1759-1940)
William Eden when Baron Auckland (1758 - 1818) 1789-90
Stoneware, gilt metal | 13.6 x 11.7 x 1.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 45834
Josiah Wedgwood (& Sons) : Etruria (c. 1759-1940)
William Eden when Baron Auckland (1758 - 1818) 1789-90
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An oval jasperware plaque within a gilded metal frame chased with arabesques and water leaves, the dark blue dip plaque with white low relief decoration of William Eden (1744 - 1814) facing right, his hair dressed into a tied ponytail and curled above the ears, probably formed from a wig, wearing a high collared jacket with lace cravat and drapery over his right arm.
Provenance
First recorded in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle in an inventory of Wedgwood porcelain dated 1914 -17.
Reilly and Savage, Wedgwood, the Portrait Medallions, p.52. Another example in the Brooklyn Museum. Eden was a correspondent of Josiah Wedgwood. Modelled by Eley George Mountstephen. -
Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Stoneware, gilt metal
Measurements
13.6 x 11.7 x 1.3 cm (whole object)
