Lot 210
TASSIE PORTRAIT MEDALLION, OF CATHERINE THE GREAT
Auction: Interiors: The Summer Sale
£313
Description
of oval form, typically modelled in profile, on a blue painted ground with a moulded border
Dimensions
18cm high
Footnote
Note:
As a gem engraver, Tassie worked for Catherine the Great, after she requested he supply her with thousands of copies of classically carved gem stones.