Provenance:

Collection of Skyler Liechty;

Freeman's, Philadelphia, American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts, April 27, 2021, lot 28.

An identical example of this model showing Franklin with long hair, Latin legend and Arabic numerals, is illustrated in Richard Margolis's Benjamin Franklin in Terra Cotta: Portrait Medallions by Jean-Baptiste Nini at the Chateau of Chaumont (Gahanna, Ohio: Margolis, 2015) on page 109, no. 24. The example illustrated in the book is in the collection of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the US Department of State in Washington, DC.

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