A WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY BLACK BASALTES VASE

CIRCA 1780, IMPRESSED WAFER MARK

Details

A WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY BLACK BASALTES VASE
Circa 1780, impressed wafer mark
The oviform vase with short neck and everted gadrooned rim, the socle with radiating stiff leaves abd entwined beaded ribbon rim, on further square base applied on each side with a rosette centering anthemia, the vase applied with four ram's heads suspending flower garlands and centering beaded medallions depicting 'Night', a variation of 'Day', 'The Dipping of Achilles' and a fourth classical scene
11¾in. (30cm.) high

Provenance

The Burris Collection, no. 70
Olivia Lenhart, no. 663
The Kadison Collection, V-1

Lot Essay

For a pair of brown 'porcelain' examples of the same model in the Dwight and Lucille Beeson Collection, Birmingham Museum, dated circa 1820, with variant medallions and replacement covers, see Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, vol. II, p. 557-fig.975.

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