A WEDGWOOD PEARLWARE SHELL-MOULDED PART DESSERT-SERVICE, each piece naturally moulded and enriched in gilding, comprising a nautilus-shell centre-dish (extensively repaired), two shaped oval shell dishes, two mussel-shell dishes and ten scallop-shell plates (one with haircrack to rim and two with chips to underside of rim), impressed marks, circa 1867
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A WEDGWOOD PEARLWARE SHELL-MOULDED PART DESSERT-SERVICE, each piece naturally moulded and enriched in gilding, comprising a nautilus-shell centre-dish (extensively repaired), two shaped oval shell dishes, two mussel-shell dishes and ten scallop-shell plates (one with haircrack to rim and two with chips to underside of rim), impressed marks, circa 1867
Lot Essay
Cf. Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, vol. II, p. 358, pl. 513