Lot Essay
Literature: Wedgwood by Robin Reilly illustrates the model on page 443 of Volume I and notes that these spittoons, being of small size, were probably for domestic use
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A pair of black basalt spittoons
of typical form with globular bodies and wide flared rims, engine-turned with a vertical flutes bisected by a central dice-pattern band, impressed uppercase mark -- 3½in. (9cm.) high, circa 1785 (one with repaired section, slight chips)
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of typical form with globular bodies and wide flared rims, engine-turned with a vertical flutes bisected by a central dice-pattern band, impressed uppercase mark -- 3½in. (9cm.) high, circa 1785 (one with repaired section, slight chips)
See illustration (2)