Lot Essay
Cf. Maureen Batkin, Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959, London, 1982, p. 19, plate 11 for a similar example which wholesaled in 1859 for 15 shillings plus an extra 5 shillings for a pedestal
Details
A WEDGWOOD CARRARA STATUARY PORTRAIT BUST OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
CIRCA 1860, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, FROM A MODEL BY E.W. WYON, R.A.
Truncated at the shoulders, inscribed 'E.W. WYON. F', Jacobs Collection no. 200--14in. (35.5cm.), including the socle
CIRCA 1860, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, FROM A MODEL BY E.W. WYON, R.A.
Truncated at the shoulders, inscribed 'E.W. WYON. F', Jacobs Collection no. 200--14in. (35.5cm.), including the socle
Provenance
Herbert and Sylvia Jacobs, New York, no. 200