Title

Kings of England medallions (set of 30)

Creator

Josiah Wedgwood

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Description

Creation Date: 1780-1798

Measurements: H: 2 to 2 ¼ in., W: 1 ¾ in.

Materials/Techniques: Black basalt

Inscriptions/Marks: some with Wedgwood, others with Wedgwood & Bentley. There are these numbers on the back of some the medallions: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35.

General Note

Set of 30 oval shaped medallions; each in black basalt with high relief of a bust portrait of an English monarch; some medallions have names in the bottom front: Henry III, Edward III, George I, Charles I, William I, William III, James II, Anne, O Cromwell; some medallions have the name in the back: Henry I, Richard II, George I, Elizabeth, Mary I; the medallions are framed in two sets of 15

Holding Location

Law Library Special Collections, Florida International University (FIU). Spak Inventory # 394