(Ca. 1780) Admiral Augustus Keppel portrait medallion by Wedgwood and Bentley. Black basalt, self framed. 82 x 103 mm. Reilly and Savage, type b, p. 206.

High relief bust of Keppel to right, KEPPEL impressed below. Back marked with impressed Wedgwood / & Bentley at base below large central thumb scoop, provenance labels at left and right, molded indent with two small suspension holes in edge at 12 o'clock. An exceptionally attractive portrait in black basalt. Two small edge flakes are seen at the base of the back, otherwise choice. No chips or cracks are seen at the suspension holes. This was struck within the narrow window between the introduction of this portrait and the death of Thomas Bentley, as noted on the previous lot.

From the Richard Margolis Collection. Earlier from Skinner's sale of the Dr. Alvin Kanter Collection, January 2004, lot 168A.

Estimate: $1000