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Wedgwood

About 1790

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Bust in profile right.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware
Plaster cast of Papal medallion, Pope Pius VII (1742-1823), born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, reigned as Pope from 14 March 1800 to his death in 1823. Chiaramonti was also a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict in addition to being a well known theologian and bishop throughout his life.
Pendant comprised of an oval, solid dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief of King George III in profile right with laurel leaf crown, set into a textured gold frame and mounted in silver adorned with a band of jargoons, or faux stones, which hangs from a decorative element in the shape of a large bow set with smaller jargoons and with a larger stone in the center of the bow, with an eye behind for a chain.