Lot Essay
Cf. Mankowitz, Wedgwood, plate 57 for a variant of this vase with scroll handles.
Details
A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALTES TWO-HANDLED VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1775, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AROUND BOLT
Each with ball finial, engine-turned neck and foot, the handles modelled as happy and sad putti, the shoulder applied with a band of fruiting vine, the body with a frieze of 'Cupid and Wreath, Jacobs Collection no. 436 and 437--10¾in. (27.3cm.) high
CIRCA 1775, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AROUND BOLT
Each with ball finial, engine-turned neck and foot, the handles modelled as happy and sad putti, the shoulder applied with a band of fruiting vine, the body with a frieze of 'Cupid and Wreath, Jacobs Collection no. 436 and 437--10¾in. (27.3cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, April 21, 1982, lot 450
Literature
Reilly, Wedgwood, Vol. I, plate 557 (one of the pair)