Antique 1700's Green Dip Octagonal Wedgwood Jasperware Plaque

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This is an interesting find from a fine estate sale in New York City. It is a very old Wedgwood green dip elongated octagonal placque featuring two of Wedgwood's classical bas-relief Greek Goddesses separated by a basket of flowers. We removed the paper backing to see the markings on the back and there is only the word "wedgwood" as shown in the photos. The original paper backing will be included with the sale of this item. From our limited research, this piece is probably quite old, perhaps from the late 1700's/very early 1800's since only the word "Wedgwood" appears. The last "d" in Wedgwood is not apparent. There is no reference to "England" nor date. We also cannot find any letters or numbers on the back. As you can see, there is some brown coloring of some sort on the back which might be some sort of old glue or adhesive. These flat plaques were often commissioned by customers and adorned walls/woodwork and various chests in the home, so this particular piece might have been on the wall of an English manor at some point. The jasperware plaque is held in place with brass pins and we have not attempted to remove the piece from the wood frame so we do not know what the sides of the plaque look like except that they are white, like the back. We have seen many antique Wedgwood plaques and cameos that are round, oval and larger octagonal tray forms but have not seen one in this shape before. Frame Condition:: The wood frame has nicks and chips. There are also some tiny holes scattered around the front of the frame. There is no particular pattern to these 1mm holes and my thought is that they might have been worm holes but I'm definitely not an expert on this subject. The inner part of the frame has a beading and most of the gilt is worn off the tops of the beading. It is strung on the back with very old picture wire. Dimensions of the frame are: 4 and 7/8" wide x 6.75" tall x about 5/8" thick. Plaque Condition: The plaque is in very good antique condition with no knicks or chips. There are a few very, very shallow, minor separations. They are in the gowning of the figure on the right. Another is right around the hair of the figure on the left. Again, these are very shallow and you have to really focus in on the figurines to see them. We provide this information to be complete. It is also our understanding, from our limited research, that the earlier pieces may tend to have some of these separations until Mr. Wedgwood improved his manufacturing formula and process. There is no fading to the green color. We have photographed the item in natural sunlight at various times of the day so that you can see the item more clearly. We are happy to provide additional photos if you should need them. The plaque is about 5.5" tall x about 3.5" wide by about a quarter of an inch thick. The edges of the plaque are white, not green. Our items are antique and are sold "as is" so please ask all questions before purchasing since we do not accept returns. We are always happy to answer your questions about our items to the best of our ability (we are not experts in Wedgwood) and are happy to send additional photos, if needed. We only ship USPS Priority Mail to Paypal-confirmed street addresses. This item will be insured and an adult signature will be required upon delivery. No international buyers/shipping, please and no third party buyers. We are listing many unusual antique and vintage finds over the next few weeks so please bookmark our store and check back to see what's new. Thanks for stopping by and happy shopping! read more

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