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Antique Pair of Framed Grand Tour Intaglios Early 19th Century

Antique Pair of Framed Grand Tour Intaglios Early 19th Century | Ref. no. A1827 | Regent Antiques Sold
Ref: A1827
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A pair of frames each enclosing four oval  plaster Grand Tour intaglios, after James Tassie (1735-1799) and  dating from the...

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A pair of frames each enclosing four oval  plaster Grand Tour intaglios, after James Tassie (1735-1799) and  dating from the early 19th Century.
 
The intaglios are beautifully mounted on a plush felt ground in a pair of rectangular glazed box frames.

The Set of Eight Plaster Medallions are in relief with bust portraits of the Marquess of Rockingham, Mrs Wilson, Mary Maxwell Hall, Jane Graham, Earl of Chesterfield, Margaret Mair, Empress Catherine of Russia, and Colonel the Honourable Archibald Fraser, four bearing titles, dates and signatures, oval, each approximately 9cm by 7cm.

Condition:

In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.



Dimensions in cm:

Height 32 x Width 61 x Depth 3

Dimensions in inches:

Height 1 foot, 1 inch x Width 2 foot x Depth 1 inch

Our reference: A1827

James Tassie(1735-1799), Medallist

Tassie was a gem engraver and modeller known for reproductions of engraved gems and for portrait medallions, both made from a hard, fine-textured substance that he developed with a physician, Henry Quin. Having trained as a stonemason, in 1763 Tassie moved to Dublin, where he worked as laboratory assistant to Quin. Together they devised a white enamel composition especially suited for gemstone replicas. In 1766, Tassie moved to London, where he received commissions to duplicate many famous gems, both ancient and modern. Tassie's portrait medallions, his best-known original works, included many eminent contemporaries among their subjects. They were modelled from life in wax and cast in white paste.

At the time of his death, in 1799, the collection of Tassie's works numbered about 20,000 pieces.

In the 1830s, Tassie's pieces continued to be sold, and H. Laing, engraver and manufacturer of James Tassie's composition seals was selling licensed copies of Tassie's work from a shop at 32 Princes Street in the centre of Edinburgh.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 32 x Width 61 x Depth 3

Dimensions in inches:

Height 1 foot, 1 inch x Width 2 foot x Depth 1 inch

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