Lot Essay
Cf. Maureen Batkin, Wedgwood Ceramics (1846-1959), p. 40, pl. 55 for a similar series of the lead item.
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A Wedgwood comport
the bowl printed and painted with a fox head among leafy oak branches, from the 'Fresco Heads' design series, within a pierced border of interlocking scrolls, on a gadrooned base moulded with swags and supported by three paw feet, impressed mark, painted numerals, circa 1870 (minor damages and restoration) -- 14cm. high; an octagonal 'Email ombrant' comport, supported by a shaped foot moulded with four dolphin heads, impressed mark, date code for 1865 (base restored) -- 13cm. high; a Wedgwood sugar bowl and cream jug, impressed mark and registration lozenge, date code for 1870 (jug restored, minor chips to sugar bowl); a Wedgwood 'Mottled Ware' mug with silver-plated handle, rim and foot; and a vase similar (cracked), circa 1880
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the bowl printed and painted with a fox head among leafy oak branches, from the 'Fresco Heads' design series, within a pierced border of interlocking scrolls, on a gadrooned base moulded with swags and supported by three paw feet, impressed mark, painted numerals, circa 1870 (minor damages and restoration) -- 14cm. high; an octagonal 'Email ombrant' comport, supported by a shaped foot moulded with four dolphin heads, impressed mark, date code for 1865 (base restored) -- 13cm. high; a Wedgwood sugar bowl and cream jug, impressed mark and registration lozenge, date code for 1870 (jug restored, minor chips to sugar bowl); a Wedgwood 'Mottled Ware' mug with silver-plated handle, rim and foot; and a vase similar (cracked), circa 1880
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