A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY VARIEGATED LEBES GAMIKOS AND COVER

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A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY VARIEGATED LEBES GAMIKOS AND COVER
CIRCA 1775, IMPRESSED MARK AROUND THE BOLT, SHAPE NO. 93

Each with pointed loop handles rising from the shoulder moulded with similarly pointed studs, the creamware body decorated with a sponged granite surface in green and black slips, on square black basaltes plinth, Jacobs Collection no. 400 (one vase with restoration to both handles and stem, one finial retsored)--9½in. (24.1cm.) high

Literature

Reilly, Wedgwood, Vol. I, plate C79

Lot Essay

As noted in Wedgwood's First Shapes Book, shape no. 93 was produced in eight sizes ranging from 5 1/2in. high to 18 1/2in. high. It could be ordered in a variety of bodies including Pebble, Gilt, Black, Etruscan and Etruscan Painted. According to Gaye Blake-Roberts, although the different variegated surfaces produced by Josiah Wedgwood have not yet been positively identified by name, it is probable that the colouration of the present examples is that referred to by him in a letter to Thomas Bentley as 'Holy Door Marble' (Wedgwood Museum, manuscript no. 25-18202).