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Lot 539

A GEORGE III GLASS-PASTE PROFILE RELIEF OF ROBERT ADAM BY JAMES TASSIE; AND AN EARLY VICTORIAN BISQUIT PORCELAIN PLAQUE OF MINERVA

CIRCA 1792 AND CIRCA 1840

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 1,875

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A GEORGE III GLASS-PASTE PROFILE RELIEF OF ROBERT ADAM BY JAMES TASSIE; AND AN EARLY VICTORIAN BISQUIT PORCELAIN PLAQUE OF MINERVA
CIRCA 1792 AND CIRCA 1840
Adam inscribed 'Robert Adam, Architect, Died 3 March 1792 in his 64th year, Tassie Fecit', in an oak hexagonal frame; Minerva in an oval giltwood frame
6¾ in. (17 cm.); and 15 in. (38 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

James Tassie (d.1798) was an eminent Scottish medallist who moved to London in 1766 and established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions of distinguished contemporaries.