Lot Essay
Cf. Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, New York, 1989, vol. I, fig. 471, for a similar shape, after an engraving by Stefano della Bella, 'Raccolta di Vasi diversi...', published in 1646
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A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALTES VASE AND A COVER
CIRCA 1775, MARKED 'WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY ETRURIA' ON A CIRCULAR PAD
With small dome cover and bull finial, above a short neck and waisted body applied with four arched handles terminating with horned goat masks joined by drapery swags on a short stem and flaring foot with a band of stiff leaf tips on a square base (chip to one horn)--15½in. (39.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1775, MARKED 'WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY ETRURIA' ON A CIRCULAR PAD
With small dome cover and bull finial, above a short neck and waisted body applied with four arched handles terminating with horned goat masks joined by drapery swags on a short stem and flaring foot with a band of stiff leaf tips on a square base (chip to one horn)--15½in. (39.5cm.) high