A LARGE BLACK BASALTES ENCAUSTIC-DECORATED VASE AND COVER (replace w/Greek name)

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A LARGE BLACK BASALTES ENCAUSTIC-DECORATED VASE AND COVER (replace w/Greek name)
CIRCA 1830, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK, INCISED 2 AND R

Decorated in encaustic white with a frieze of a Classical scene, Jacobs Collection no. 279 (slight rim chip to cover, finial restuck)--14 1/8in. (35.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. The American Wedgwoodian, Vol. III, No. 2, February 1969, fig. 10 for a similar example in the collection of Lord Litchfield. This vase is the same shape as the so-called 'First Day Vases' produced to commemorate the start of Wedgwood and Bentley's partnership at Etruria in on (date?).