(Ca. 1783) William Temple Franklin portrait medallion by Wedgwood. Jasperware, white on white ground washed blue. In a contemporary decorative two-tone ebonized and gilded wood frame with brass mount and loop. 146 x 170 mm. Reilly and Savage, p. 149. Benjamin Franklin and his Circle, no. 160.

High relief bust of youthful William Temple Franklin to right, FRANKLIN ESQr. impressed below. Back shows two firing holes and impressed WEDGWOOD mark at center. Provenance labels on back, one of which covers the upper firing hole. A rare and unusual portrait of Benjamin Franklin's grandson, who worked as the elder Franklin's personal secretary. Choice and attractive.

From the Richard Margolis Collection. Earlier from Sotheby's (London) sale of the Samuel B. Oster Collection, Part I, November 1971, lot 312C; Skinner's sale of the Dr. Alvin Kanter Collection, April 2003, lot 229 (at $3,643).

Estimate: $2500