Lot Essay
Cf. Reilly, Wedgwood, Vol. 1, plate 627, for a rum kettle of variant shape, but with the same fixed bail handle and applied decoration
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A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES RUM KETTLE AND COVER
CIRCA 1785, IMPRESSED LOWERCASE MARK, INCISED 0 AND 5
With fixed bail handle and sibyl finial, the body applied with a scene of wrestling putti from the 'Feast of Bacchus' after François Duquesnoy (Il Flammingo), Jacobs Collection no. 478 (minute rim chip to cover)--5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high
CIRCA 1785, IMPRESSED LOWERCASE MARK, INCISED 0 AND 5
With fixed bail handle and sibyl finial, the body applied with a scene of wrestling putti from the 'Feast of Bacchus' after François Duquesnoy (Il Flammingo), Jacobs Collection no. 478 (minute rim chip to cover)--5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high