[Winston Churchill] — Arnold Machin, artist | Wedgwood Portrait Medalion, commemorating Churchill's 90th birthday, 1964

[Winston Churchill] — Arnold Machin, artist

Wedgwood Portrait Medalion, commemorating Churchill's 90th birthday, 1964

Blue jasperware (4 1/2 x 6 in.; 114 x 152 mm, framed to 6 x 8 in.; 152 x 203 mm), mounted on black velvet, framed and unglazed.

4 1/2 x 6 inches (Framed: 6 x 8 inches).

This Wedgwood portrait medallion was commissioned in 1964 by fine china purveyor Thomas Goode & Co. of South Audley Street, London, to mark Churchill’s 90th Birthday and his Honorary Citizenship of the United States award. It came to be regarded as a memorial tribute after Churchill died within two months of its issue. It is far rarer than the subsequent 1974 issue, which commemorated Churchill’s 100th Birthday.