James Tassie Paintings & Artwork for Sale | James Tassie Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 29, 2024
James Tassie (1735-1799)
Est: £100 - £150
James Tassie (1735-1799) 'Reverend Alexander Waugh' wax portrait relief, mounted on green velvet, framed, signed and dated 1794, 7cms x 5cm, framed 16.5 x 15cm Provenance: The property of the late Baron John Mauger Langin. Condition Report: The frame with some knocks and wear. Unviewed out of glazed frame, wax looks to be in a stable condition.
Sworders
Oct. 24, 2024
James Tassie Portrait and a Book
Est: $600 - $800
The portrait unmarked; the book John M. Gray, James and William Tassie, a Biographical and Critical Sketch, London, The Holland Press, 1974. The portrait 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (frame).
STAIR
Sep. 10, 2024
James Tassie, 1735 - 1799 (Scottish)
Est: $300 - $500
James Tassie, 1735 - 1799 (Scottish) Wax Miniature, of 'Mrs Anthony Stewart'. Inscribed 'Mrs Anth. Stewart Edin. 1795' and signed 'Tassie'. All, on base of the bust. Height - moulding only, 6.5cm.
McKenzies Auctioneers
Aug. 20, 2024
TWO WHITE PASTE RELIEF PORTRAITS BY JAMES TASSIE (SCOTTISH 1735-1799)
Est: £300 - £500
TWO WHITE PASTE RELIEF PORTRAITS BY JAMES TASSIE (SCOTTISH 1735-1799) DATED 1791 depicting George Home and Allan Maconochie, each stamped with name, dated 1791 and ‘Tassie F’, each in a stained wood glazed oval frame mounted on a blue reverse painted glass backing, each 15cm high, 12cm wide; together with a CREAM WAX RELIEF PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, 19TH CENTURY, mounted in a circular ebonised glazed frame, 20cm diameter (3) largest 20cm wide Note: James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws, Glasgow. He trained first as a stone mason and then attended the Foulis Academy in Glasgow. Tassie moved to Dublin in 1763, where he learned how to make imitations of antique cameos. He invented a formula for a type of glass paste which he used for the rest of his life to make gems and portrait medallions. Tassie moved to London in 1766. His reproductions of antique gems were avidly collected by patrons as distinguished as Catherine the Great of Russia. He was also the leading portrait modeller in Britain, making around five hundred medallions of his contemporaries.George Home (c1735-1820), was a Scottish lawyer and Principal Clerk of the Court of Session. Home was a member of the celebrated literary circle in Edinburgh that included Henry Mackenzie, and contributed articles to "The Mirror". His family seat was Paxton House, built by Robert and James Adam in 1758, to which he added a spectacular picture gallery.The Hon Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank (1748–1816), was a Scottish advocate, academic jurist, judge and agriculturalist.
Lyon & Turnbull
Aug. 15, 2024
James Tassie (1735–1799): Framed Portrait Relief of Robert Adam
Est: $400 - $600
Wax, inscribed and dated 'March 1792'. 6 x 5 1/4 in. (frame).
STAIR
Jul. 05, 2024
Tassie (James, modeller and portrait medallionist) [10 master mould medallions for gemstones], metal moulds, loose, housed in a modern wooden box, [18th century].
Est: £200 - £300
Tassie (James, modeller and portrait medallionist, 1735-99) [10 master mould medallions for gemstones], metal moulds, loose, housed in a modern wooden box, v.s. 40 x 51mm. & smaller, [18th century].
Forum Auctions - UK
May. 30, 2024
James Tassie (British, 1735-1799) "GEM" Profile Portrait Of Count Rumford, 1796
Est: $150 - $250
White glass paste relief plaque, signed and dated.
Cottone Auctions
Apr. 16, 2024
Nine glass Tassie intaglios
Est: $800 - $1,200
Nine glass Tassie intaglios James Tassie (1735-1799) and subsequently his nephew William Tassie (1777-1860) produced glass reproductions of the finest collections of Ancient and modern engraved gems. His examples were so fine that Catherine the Great commissioned over 15,000 examples in 1781. During this same period he exhibited in the Royal Academy and produced a catalogue. Sets of his work are housed in his home in Edinburgh, at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Each a male or female profile; four replicating intaglios by Pichler and one by Marchant; 1790s - 1800s Glass Largest 1.125 x 0.875 in, smallest 0.75 x 0.625 in This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey. Local pickup in Chicago will also be available.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jan. 25, 2024
James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799),
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799), James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799), two terracotta portraits in relief of Robert Campbell and Elizabeth Gordon, inscribed Robert Campbell, 1795; and Elizabeth Gordon 1795, Tassie F, in an oval mount and gilt frame, the portraits, 7.6cm high, the frame; 22.5 x 19cm Provenance: Maurice 'Dick' Turpin, Barons Keep, London W14.
Sworders
Jan. 25, 2024
James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799),
Est: £800 - £1,200
James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799), James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799), four white glass portraits in relief of Admiral Karl Howe, James Tansel, two of and Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan, Admiral Karl Howe, inscribed Tassie F; and one other similar (5) all in oval ebonised frames, the largest portraits, 9cm high, the largest frame 21cm diameter. Provenance: Maurice 'Dick' Turpin, Barons Keep, London W14.
Sworders
Dec. 07, 2023
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a wax portrait …
Est: £250 - £350
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a wax portrait relief of Alex Waugh, dated 1794, inscribed ALEX. WAUGH WELLS STREET LOND. 1794,Tassie F, in later glazed maple frame, the portrait - 7.5cm high, 18.5 x 17.5cm overall Provenance: The Property of the Late Reverend John Watson.
Roseberys
Dec. 07, 2023
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, two white paste…
Est: £500 - £800
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, two white paste portrait reliefs, 1796 and 1798, depicting James Wilson and Major M MacAlister, inscribed respectively JAMES WILSON 1798, Tassie F and MAJOR M MACALISTER, 1796, Tassie F, each in a later stained wood oval frame (one glazed), 8cm high, 15cm high overall (2) Provenance: The Property of the Late Reverend John Watson.
Roseberys
Oct. 05, 2023
James Tassie (1735-1799) Portrait en buste de profil de Sir William Forbes, 1791
Est: €400 - €600
James Tassie (1735-1799) Portrait en buste de profil de Sir William Forbes, 1791 Pâte de verre blanche H. 9 cm On joint un autre profil d'homme en pâte de verre blanche. H. 3 cm Sir William Forbes glass paste profile by James Tassie, 1791.
Bonhams
Sep. 22, 2023
JAMES TASSIE (SCOTTISH, 1735-1799) CAMEO MINIATURE PORTRAITS, LOT OF THREE
Est: $400 - $600
JAMES TASSIE (SCOTTISH, 1735-1799) CAMEO MINIATURE PORTRAITS, LOT OF THREE, white glass-paste, comprising a right-facing profile of Margaret Wardlaw, inscribed "MARG. WARDLAW T / 1791" and a left-facing profile of Agnes Wardlaw, inscribed "ANG. WARDLAW 1791", both on a white ground; and an unidentified left-facing nobleman inscribed with "T" only, on a black ground. Each in their original molded mahogany frame with a ring hanger. Late 18th century. 3" x 2 3/4" and 6 1/4" x 5 1/4" OA.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Sep. 14, 2023
James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799) A late 18th century portrait of James Donaldson
Est: £700 - £1,000
James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799) A late 18th century portrait of James Donaldson The truncated bust signed 'Tassie F'., and ' James Donaldson 1796' in oval frame frame, inscribed to the rear in pen 'Property of Robt. J. Skinner', James Donaldson (1751-1830)', 'Dowells £8:15/-, 29th May 1926', 12cm wide, 15cm high (4 1/2in wide, 5 1/2in high)
Bonhams
Apr. 27, 2023
Tassie (James) A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, Cameos as well as Intaglios...., 2 vol., 1791 & another (3)
Est: £600 - £800
Tassie (James) A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems, Cameos as well as Intaglios..., arranged and described by R.E.Raspe, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, half-titles (English title to verso), text in English and French on facing leaves, titles in red & black, list of subscribers, errata leaf, 58 engraved plates, contemporary ink signature of Mary Ann Wilmot to head of titles, occasional foxing but generally clean, short marginal tear to L4, ex-library copy with oval ink stamp to head of titles, a few leaves of text and a few plates, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, uncut and unopened, rather rubbed, lacking one label (loosely inserted), upper cover of vol.1 detached, for James Tassie and J.Murray, 1791; and another on seals, 4to & 12mo (3) ⁂ The subscribers include James Boswell, Sir George Staunton, Charles Townley, Josiah Wedgwood, as well as Mr.John Loggan, seal-engraver, and Mr.Nathaniel Marchant, gem-engraver.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 20, 2022
Manner of James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a whi…
Est: £200 - £300
Manner of James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste portrait relief of John Hunter, inscribed JOHN HUNTER 1791, in an oval ebonised frame, the medallion - 8.7cm high, the frame - 12.7cm high Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a pair of white…
Est: £700 - £1,000
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a pair of white paste reliefs of Archibald Grahame of Drumquhassle, Barrowfield and Dalmarnock (1747-1806) and his wife Jane Grahame, inscribed respectively ARCH.GRAHAME, 1795, Tassie F, and JANE GRAHAME, 1796, Tassie F, each in an oval wood frame, the portraits - 7.5cm high, the frames - 14.5cm high (2) Note: Archibald Grahame was originally a writer in Glasgow. On the failure of the firm of Matthew and John Orr, who were ruined by working coal on their estates of Camlachie and Gateside, these properties, along with Barrowfield, were sold to Robert Scot of Aikenhead, and James Dunlop of Garnkirk. The latter gentleman was also unfortunate, and the shares of the estates belonging to him passed into the hands of Mr. Grahame, who also purchased besides, from John Buchanan, M.P., son of Thomas Buchanan of Ardoch, the estate of Dalmarnock. Archibald Grahame was for many years cashier of the Thistle Bank, established in 1761. He was a member of the first Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, and Chairman in 1790-91-98-99. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste p…
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste portrait relief of Robert Brown (1710-1784-1788), inscribed ROB.BROWN AET .72, W.COCHRAN DEL., Tassie F 1791, in an oval moulded beech frame, the portrait - 7cm high, the frame - 14.5cm high Note: Robert Brown was a merchant in Beith and later in Paisley. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste r…
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste relief of Joseph Black, M.D. (1728-1799), inscribed JOSEPH BLACK M.D. 1788, Tassie F, in an ebonised oval frame, the portrait - 7.3cm high, the frame - 14.5cm high Note: Joseph Black was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and specific heat. He was Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow for 10 years from 1756 and then Professor of Medicine and Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1766, teaching there for over 30 years. The chemistry buildings at both the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow are named after Black. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste p…
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste portrait relief of James Gregory M.D. (1753-1821), inscribed JAMES GREGORY M.D. ACAD. EDIN, 1792, Tassie F, on a blue grey ground, in an oval moulded wood frame, the portrait - the portrait - 7.5cm high, the frame - 15cm high Note: Dr James Gregory gained particular fame throughout the country for his so-called Gregory"s Powder or Gregory"s Mixture an antacid, stomachic and cathartic which was composed of powdered rhubarb, ginger and magnesium oxide. He enjoyed a successful career and became first physician to the king in Scotland in 1799, a position which was renewed by George IV in 1820. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste p…
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste portrait relief of T.Crawford, inscribed T.CRAWFORD OF CARTSBURN AET. 37.BROWN, Tassie F, 1795, in a oval moulded wood frame, the portrait - 7.7cm high, the frame - 15cm high Note: James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Restored across neck.
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste r…
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste relief of Thomas Walker (1749-1817), inscribed THOMAS WALKER, 1798, Tassie F, on a blue ground, in an oval ebonised frame, the portrait - 7.5cm high, the frame - 15cm high Note: Thomas Walker was an English cotton merchant and political radical. He was chairman of the Manchester committee against the slave trade and was a pivotal figure for Manchester abolitionism. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste r…
Est: £250 - £350
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste relief of Ralph Fisher, inscribed RALPH FISHER OB, 12 FEB 1793, Tassie F, in a later oval moulded wood frame, the portrait - 7.2cm high, the frame - 15cm high Note: James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste p…
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste portrait relief of George Lawson (1749-1820), inscribed GEO LAWSON, 1794, Tassie, F, in an oval moulded wood frame, the portrait - 7.5cm high, the frame - 15cm high Note: Rev. George Lawson was a Scottish theologian. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste p…
Est: £200 - £300
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a white paste portrait relief of David Steuart Erskine, Eleventh Earl of Buchan (1742-1829), inscribed D.D.BUCHANIAE COMES 1783, Tassie F, in an oval moulded wood frame, restorations, the portrait - 7.5cm high, the frame - 15cm high Note: David Steuart Erskine was a Scottish antiquarian, founder of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780, and patron of the arts and sciences. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. The nose of the relief has been restored. The relief has also been broken across the neck and restored back into place. One or two tiny dark marks to the front of the drapery. The relief has been re-mounted in the frame.
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a wax portrait …
Est: £120 - £180
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a wax portrait relief of Rev Alexander Waugh A.M. (1754-1827), inscribed ALEX WAUGH A.M, WELLS STREET, LOND., 1794, Tassie F, mounted on a red velvet ground, in a later cushion moulded mahogany frame, the portrait - 7.5cm high, the frame - 14 x 13cm Note: Rev. Alexander Waugh was a Minister of the Secession Church. James Tassie was born in Pollokshaws near Glasgow in Scotland in 1735. He began as a stonemason who turned himself into an artist and entrepreneur. He invented a glass-paste composition which he used amidst the Classical Revival to create a series of casts of antique gems, cameos and intaglios in coloured potash-lead glass. His antique gems were avidly collected by patron such as Catherine the Great of Russia. He also became famous for modelling various series of portrait busts of distinguished figures of the later 18th century, many modelled from life. Tassie established himself as the leading supplier of portrait medallions, making around five hundred of his contemporaries. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Jul. 20, 2022
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a wax portrait …
Est: £200 - £300
James Tassie, Scottish, 1735-1799, a wax portrait relief of Dr Benjamin Bell (1749-1806), inscribed BENJAMIN BELL, 1792, Tassie F, in an oval moulded ebonised frame, the portrait - 7.2cm high, the frame - 15.5cm high Note: Dr Benjamin Bell was a Scottish surgeon. He visited London and Paris shortly after becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. After two years, he returned and worked in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for 29 years and grew wealthy from private practice. Towards the end of the 18th Century, he published several important medical works. Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Oct. 18, 2021
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES TASSIE (1735-1799) A white glass paste oval medallion of the head of Apollo, entitled in Greek, in an oval ebony frame with gilt-brass inset. 6.5 x 5.5cm
Est: €300 - €500
ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES TASSIE (1735-1799) A white glass paste oval medallion of the head of Apollo, entitled in Greek, in an oval ebony frame with gilt-brass inset. 6.5 x 5.5cm
Adam's
Aug. 27, 2021
18TH C. WAX PROFILE RELIEF PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN BY J. TASSIE
Est: $700 - $900
Beeswax Portrait, English, signed Tassie, 1783, marked "D.S. Buchaniae Comes, 1783". James Tassie (1735-1799) was a Scottish gem engraver and modeler. Mounted on red velvet, in a molded oval walnut frame, no glass, OS: 5 1/2" x 4 1/2", SS: 4" x 3".
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 16, 2021
A wax portrait miniature of a gentleman in profile, attributed to James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799), second half 18th century
Est: $800 - $1,200
A wax portrait miniature of a gentleman in profile attributed to James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799) second half 18th century Inscribed and dated.
Andrew Jones Auctions
Apr. 27, 2021
Attributed to James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799) Glass intaglio seal with profile of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and motto "Plus Ultra"
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Attributed to James Tassie (Scottish, 1735-1799) Glass intaglio seal with profile of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and motto "Plus Ultra" With a turned wooden handle. (L: 4 1/4 in. (length of entire stamp), 1 in. x 3/4 in. (seal)) Provenance Collection of Skyler Liechty.
Freeman's | Hindman
Sep. 17, 2020
Daktyliothek.
Est: €150 - €180
Elf Kameen aus Gips nach antiken Vorbildern, auf der Rückseite mit namentlicher Bez. sowie auf Deckkarton (darauf Hinweis "Tassie Gems", Sir James Tassie 1735-1799). Kameen 1. Hälfte 19. Jh., späterer verglaster Schaukasten mit Samt-PP., Ende 19. Jh. 22x 27x 4 cm.
Dannenberg
Aug. 12, 2020
AN OVAL GLASS PASTE MEDALLION ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES TASSIE (17351799) CIRCA 1780
Est: £200 - £300
AN OVAL GLASS PASTE MEDALLION ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES TASSIE (17351799) CIRCA 1780 depicting a gentleman in profile on a puce ground within moulded gilt frame (2.5cm x 2cm)
Lyon & Turnbull
Feb. 05, 2020
JAMES TASSIE (1735-1799) PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF ROBERT ADAM, DATED 1792
Est: £300 - £500
of typical form, depicted in profile, indistinctly impressed ROBERT ADAM/ ARCHITECT/ DIED 3 MARCH 1792/ IN HIS 64 YEAR/ Tassie F. , in a glazed ebonised plaster frame (Dimensions: 10cm high)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 30, 2019
JAMES TASSIE (1735 - 1799)Portrait of King George, c. 1766White paste on blue glass cameo, 3 x 2cm
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
JAMES TASSIE (1735 - 1799)Portrait of King George, c. 1766White paste on blue glass cameo, 3 x 2cm
Adam's
Jul. 22, 2018
Rare 12 Cameo, Intaglio, Tassie, Sulfied, Carved
Est: $200 - $300
Rare Group of 18-20 century Cameos and Intaglios; including 7 glass-paste "jewels" by James Tassie (1735-1799) including a milk glass portrait oval mounted to a 19 century clear cut glass obelisk, an "agate" glass Deposition with the legend "Consumatum Est,"a dark glass of Maidens worshiping Priapus with a priapic term, a Sulfied of Hercules,a Hand Carved Carnelian Agate with the legend "Ubi Libertas Ibi Patria" on an agrarian coat of arms thought to be from South Carolina, an oval shell cameo of a Classical Woman driving a Chariot, and a small 20 century portrait cameo. Light age related wear an tiny chips.
Eddie's Auction
Jun. 26, 2018
James Tassie (Scottish 1735-1799). A white glass paste portrait bust of Archibald Campbell Fraser (1736-1815), 4 x 3in.
Est: £300 - £500
James Tassie (Scottish 1735-1799). A white glass paste portrait bust of Archibald Campbell Fraser (1736-1815), inscr. ''Tassie F 1795'', 4 x 3in.
Gorringes
Oct. 15, 2015
Tassie (James, 1735-1799). Two portrait busts of Mrs. Anthony Stewart and Will
Est: £200 - £300
Tassie (James, 1735-1799). Two portrait busts of Mrs. Anthony Stewart and William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, together two wax portraits, both profile facing right, impressed on the truncation respectively 'Mrs. Anth. Stewart Edin. 1795, Tassie F.', and 'Uni Aequus Virtuti Edin. 1770', each mounted on red velvet, 12 x 9cm (4.75 x 3.5ins), framed and glazed. William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793), became Attorney General in 1754, and shortly afterwards, Lord Chief Justice. He is perhaps best known for his judgement in Somersett's Case (1772), where he held that slavery had no basis in common law. (2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Sep. 17, 2015
James Tassie, (Scottish, 1735-1799) Glass Paste Relief Portrait of Joseph Black, MD., 1788, height 6" — 15.2 cm.
Est: -
JAMES TASSIE, (SCOTTISH, 1735-1799) GLASS PASTE RELIEF PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH BLACK, MD., 1788titled and dated in the truncated shoulder, in oval ebonized frame, height 6" — 15.2 cm.Estimate: $200—300
Waddington's
Sep. 17, 2015
After James Tassie, (Scottish, 1735-1799) Wax Relief Portrait of Joseph Black, MD., early 19th century, 7.25" x 6" — 18.4 x 15.2 cm.
Est: -
AFTER JAMES TASSIE, (SCOTTISH, 1735-1799) WAX RELIEF PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH BLACK, MD., EARLY 19TH CENTURYtitled and dated 1788 in the truncated shoulder, in figured maple frame, 7.25" x 6" — 18.4 x 15.2 cm.Estimate: $150—250
Waddington's
Sep. 12, 2015
James Tassie (1735-1799) d'après Giovanni ...
Est: CHF800 - CHF1,200
James Tassie (1735-1799) d'après Giovanni Pichler (1734-1791) 11 intailles en verre représentant des scènes et personnages mythologiques dont Athéna une victoire chassant le serpent de la discorde et la muse Uranie signées Pichler en grec
Piguet Hôtel des Ventes | Genève
Apr. 15, 2015
JAMES TASSIE (Scottish, 1735-1799) Sir Thomas Miller, 1st Baronet FRSE (1717-1789) Profile to the right, wearing judicial robes and wig, within an ebonised and moulded oval frame,
Est: -
JAMES TASSIE (Scottish, 1735-1799) Sir Thomas Miller, 1st Baronet FRSE (1717-1789) Profile to the right, wearing judicial robes and wig, within an ebonised and moulded oval frame,
Bonhams
Aug. 03, 2013
JAMES TASSIE (BRITISH 1735-1799). PROFILE PORTRAIT OF COUNT RUMFORD, 1796.
Est: $500 - $800
Cast white glass, height 3 inches. Signed "Tassie F." l.l. and inscribed 'Count Rumford/ 1796" l.r. In an oval molded wood frame, 6 x 4 3/4 inches.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Jun. 08, 2013
JAMES TASSIE GLASS PASTE PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF JOSEPH HAYDN
Est: $500 - $700
JAMES TASSIE GLASS PASTE PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF JOSEPH HAYDN signed "Tassie F" and inscribed "J. Haydn Mus. D. 1792"; overall h: 5.25 in. x w: 4.25 in. Provenance: Part of a medallion collection that descended in the family of a British Tassie collector. Montgomery Family, United Kingdom from at least the mid 19th century, to the present owner Other Notes: James Tassie (1735-1799) was born outside of Glasgow and worked as a stonemason in his youth. It is thought that his parents' tombstone featuring an elaborate design of angels and dragons might be his work. An encounter with the prints of Robert and Andrew Foulis helped inspire Tassie to leave the stonemason trade to study modelling at the Glasgow Academy of Fine Art. Upon graduation, he moved to Dublin in 1763 to find work as a modeller and sculptor. In Dublin Tassie met Dr. Henry Quin and the pair began collaborating in an effort to develop a new modeling material. Quin hired Tassie as a laboratory assistant for his ongoing experiments to create imitation gems and together they developed a white enamel paste. Tassie kept the material's recipe a secret during his lifetime, but a chemical analysis of a Tassie medallion fragment prepared for the 1894 publication of "James and William Tassie: A Critical and Biographical Sketch" by John Gray, curator at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, revealed that they were "essentially a lead potash glass" made of silica, oxide of lead, ferric oxide and aluminum oxide, lime, arsenius anhydride, oxide of potassium, and oxide of sodium (Gray, pages 7-8). With Dr. Quin's enouragement Tassie moved to London in 1766 where he began exhibiting and selling his portraits. A commission from Josiah Wedgewood in 1769 brought him added recognition and by the time Tassie issued a catalog in 1775 he had 3,106 designs. In addition to portraits, Tassie made many medallions by taking impressions of ancient artifacts. In the early 1780s Catherine the Great commissioned a complete collection of all of Tassie's gems and cameos. Her collection was arranged and described by the scholar Rudolph Eric Raspe, who in 1791 published a two-volume catalog of the nearly 16,000 item group in English and French. Upon Tassie's death in 1799 his nephew William continued the business until his retirement in 1840. Tassie gems enjoyed lasting popularity in Britain. In 1822 the poet Shelley wrote to Thomas Love Peacock asking "I want you to do something for me, that is, get me two pounds worth of Tassie's gems, in Leicester Square, the prettiest, according to your taste, among them the head of Alexander" (Gray, pages 13-14 ).
Potomack Company
Dec. 01, 2012
Mourning Brooch with Washington Tassie Bust, c. 1800
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Mourning Brooch with Washington Tassie Bust, c. 1800. Lady's brooch with crystal clear paste stones encircling a white agate Tassie bust of Washington against a black silver onyx background, under glass, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4". James Tassie (1735-1799) was a Scottish gem engraver and modeler known for reproductions of engraved gems and for portrait medallions made from a hard, fine-textured substance that he developed with a physician, Henry Quin. Martha Washington purchased this ring and other mourning jewelry from jewelers such as Joseph Anthony, Jr. (1762-1814), a Philadelphia jeweler, silversmith, and goldsmith. The Washington household account books show that Mrs. Washington made numerous purchases from him. As well as mourning rings and lockets, Anthony made mounted miniatures. This brooch, and the ring in the preceding lot, were some of the mourning jewelry given by Mrs. Washington to family members after Washington's death. Excellent conditiion.Provenance:Custis EstateDescended to William Lanier WashingtonJoseph E. Fields, IIHendershott Museum ConsultantsClaude Harkins. Estimated Value $8,000 - 12,000.
Goldberg Coins & Collectibles
Nov. 04, 2012
English Wax Relief Gentleman Portrait by J Tassie
Est: $700 - $900
WAX PROFILE RELIEF PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN- English, signed Tassie, 1783, James Tassie (1735-1799) was a Scottish gem engraver and modeler. Framed in an oval wood molded frame. H.5 5/8" x 4 5/8". From the Marvin Sadik Collection.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 03, 2012
Pair English Wax Relief Portraits by James Tassie
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PAIR OF WAX PROFILE RELIEF PORTRAITS -English, signed Tassie, 1783, James Tassie (1735-1799) was a Scottish gem engraver and modeler. Unframed, 4 1/2" tall x 3 3/4" wide. From the Marvin Sadik Collection.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries