Wedgwood hails an American spy
A rarity at a recent Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium) ceramics and glass sale was a late 18th century Wedgwood basalt intaglio seal, featuring a profile portrait of the notorious American spy Captain Nathan Hale (1755-76) beside the reversed inscription 'My Country!!!'.
It had a conservative estimate of £200-300 at the sale on April 29 and sold at £850.
Hale was a s…