Black basalt medallion moulded with a portrait of Lansdowne, former prime minister of Great Britain , circa 1785, Wedgwood & Bentley Staffordshire

Ex Goldfein and Oster Collection

Impressed to the back “Wedgwood & Bentley”

William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805), known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the final months of the American War of Independence. He succeeded in securing peace with America and this feat remains his most notable legacy.

Dimensions of the medallion: 2 ¾” by 2 ¼”

In good condition



£185

US$228