Two late 18th century Wedgwood black basalt portrait cameo p...

Hammer

£100

Two late 18th century Wedgwood black basalt portrait cameo plaques, each 7.5x5.6cm, one depicting a bearded man, Minos, law giver and king of Crete, the other depicting Antiochus Theos, King of Syria. Mounted in a frame, bears label for 'Gibson Collection'

A similar example of the cameo on the right can be found in the V&A Museum ascension no. 4986-1901
A similar example of the cameo on the left can be found in the V&A Museum ascension no. 4976-1901