Lot Essay
Cf. Reilly, Wedgwood, Vol. I, plates 551 and 555 for other Wedgwood and Bentley black basaltes vases decorated with the same ribbon-tied swags.
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A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALTES TAPERSTICK-VASE AND COVER
CIRCA 1775, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AROUND BOLT
The berried laurel-moulded candle nozzle as a finial for the gadrooned cover, the shoulder moulded with a wreath of berried laurel, the globular body with bows suspending drapery swags, on shaped triangular base, Jacobs Collection no. 178 (some minor chips to foliage)--7¼in. (18.4cm.) high
CIRCA 1775, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AROUND BOLT
The berried laurel-moulded candle nozzle as a finial for the gadrooned cover, the shoulder moulded with a wreath of berried laurel, the globular body with bows suspending drapery swags, on shaped triangular base, Jacobs Collection no. 178 (some minor chips to foliage)--7¼in. (18.4cm.) high