Lot Essay
Cf. Wedgwood by Robin Reilly Vol. I, pl. 280
Details
A documentary creamware bowl
the interior transfer-printed in black with An Opera Girl in Paris above the inscription MARY BICKFORD/When this you see Remember me/Tho' many miles a/distant be/BUSHIPSTENTON./Nov. the 14th. 1776., the exterior printed with four scenes of country lovers and musicians, possibly Yorkshire -- 8 3/8in. (21.3cm.) diam., 1776 (extensively restored)
See colour plate I
the interior transfer-printed in black with An Opera Girl in Paris above the inscription MARY BICKFORD/When this you see Remember me/Tho' many miles a/distant be/BUSHIPSTENTON./Nov. the 14th. 1776., the exterior printed with four scenes of country lovers and musicians, possibly Yorkshire -- 8 3/8in. (21.3cm.) diam., 1776 (extensively restored)
See colour plate I