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CIRCA 1815, IMPRESSED SMALL UPPERCASE MARK IN A SLIGHT CURVE, AND POTTER'S MARKS, THE SILVER MOUNT MARKED WK, POSSIBLY FOR WILLIAM KINGDON, ACTIVE 1816-17
Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES WINE JUG
Circa 1815, impressed small uppercase mark in a slight curve, and potter's marks, the silver mount marked WK, possibly for William Kingdon, active 1816-17
Of baluster form with beak spout and reeded loop handle issuing from a mask terminal, the engine turned neck and lower portion centering a wide band sprigged probably after Lady Templetown with vignettes of putti harvesting grapes, the interior glazed; together with a Wedgwood black basaltes trumpet vase, circa 1851, impressed small uppercase mark and P, decorated front and back with a band of trailing berried vine suspended from the sides of an ogival arch, the upper portion with strapwork on a striated ground, on a conforming foot
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high, the jug (2)
Circa 1815, impressed small uppercase mark in a slight curve, and potter's marks, the silver mount marked WK, possibly for William Kingdon, active 1816-17
Of baluster form with beak spout and reeded loop handle issuing from a mask terminal, the engine turned neck and lower portion centering a wide band sprigged probably after Lady Templetown with vignettes of putti harvesting grapes, the interior glazed; together with a Wedgwood black basaltes trumpet vase, circa 1851, impressed small uppercase mark and P, decorated front and back with a band of trailing berried vine suspended from the sides of an ogival arch, the upper portion with strapwork on a striated ground, on a conforming foot
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) high, the jug (2)
Provenance
with Leo Kaplan, New York (the jug).
Gift of Pauline Newman, 1965 (the vase).
Gift of Pauline Newman, 1965 (the vase).
Literature
R. P. Wunder, 'Living with Antiques: Villa San Maurizio in Southern California', The Magazine Antiques, December 1999, p. 844, pl. IX.