Lot Essay
See Robun Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, vol. I, fig. C103 for an encaustic-decorated example of the same model in the collection of the Wedgwood Museum and dated circa 1790.
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1780-1798, IMPRESSED LOWERCASE AND S-SCROLL MARKS
Details
A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES BULBOUS ROOT POT AND COVER
1780-1798, impressed lowercase and S-scroll marks
Of rectangular form with scroll moulded rim and apron and raised on scroll feet, the cover with two collared apetures for large blubs such as hyacinths, the sides moulded with Cupids holding a berried swag
6in. (15.9cm.) long
1780-1798, impressed lowercase and S-scroll marks
Of rectangular form with scroll moulded rim and apron and raised on scroll feet, the cover with two collared apetures for large blubs such as hyacinths, the sides moulded with Cupids holding a berried swag
6in. (15.9cm.) long
Provenance
The Bernheim Collection of Black Basaltes; Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 26 February 1972, lot 22