A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER
Details
A WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER
CIRCA 1775, IMPRESSED LOWERCASE MARK
With ball finial, scroll handles with fruited vine leaf terminals and fluted shoulder band, lower body and foot, the body applied with a frieze of 'Hunting' or 'Boys Setting Out for the Hunt', Jacobs Collection no. 222--11¼in. (28.6cm.) high
Literature
Godden, British Pottery, plate 192
(author?), Wedgwood Specialties, p. ?
Exhibited
Wedgwood Specialties
Lot Essay
Cf. Reilly, Wedgwood, Vol. I, plate. 543 for another example of this shape vase with decoration after a design by Lady Diana Beauclerk.