Lot Essay
Cf. Robin Reilly, op. cit, Vol. I, col. pl. 107.
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED UPPER-CASE MARK
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A Wedgwood black basalt vestal-lamp and cover
Second half 19th Century, impressed upper-case mark
With oval cover and seated reading vestal handle, the upper surface fluted, the lower section moulded with an oak-leaf border above stiff flowers and leaves, on a slender fluted foot and octagonal base (vestal's head restuck, finial to cover lacking)
8¼in. (21cm.) wide
Second half 19th Century, impressed upper-case mark
With oval cover and seated reading vestal handle, the upper surface fluted, the lower section moulded with an oak-leaf border above stiff flowers and leaves, on a slender fluted foot and octagonal base (vestal's head restuck, finial to cover lacking)
8¼in. (21cm.) wide