CIRCA 1820, IMPRESSED UPPER CASE MARK TO MOST PIECES

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A Wedgwood blue and white pottery composite part dinner-service
Circa 1820, impressed upper case mark to most pieces
Printed with the 'Water Lily' pattern, comprising:
A circular soup-tureen, cover and a stand with upright loop handles (faint crack to cover)
A circular tureen, cover and stand with scroll handles (two chips to cover, minor chipping to stand)
A shallow oval pie-dish and an oval liner
Two rectangular tureens and covers
A large oval meat-dish with gravy well
Another smaller
Twenty-one dinner plates (some cracks and chips)
Twelve side plates (one chipped and one slightly stained)

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Cf. Robin Reilly, Wedgwood (London 1989), Vol II, p. 333 for a discussion of this pattern. Reilly tentatively attributes the 'Water Lily' design to John Wedgwood, adapted from engravings in the Botanists' Repository for October 1803 and September 1804 and Botanical Magazine for December 1804 and December 1806, the design was originally in a brown print and one of the early services was bought by Dr. Robert Waring Darwin in 1808. The blue printed design was introduced in 1811 and manufactured in quantity between 1811 and 1845, the period of the above service.

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