A WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA BOAT-SHAPED SARDINE BOX AND COVER
A WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA BOAT-SHAPED SARDINE BOX AND COVER

IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND DATE LETTERS MRH FOR 1879, REGISTRATION DIAMOND FOR 1875

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A WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA BOAT-SHAPED SARDINE BOX AND COVER
IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND DATE LETTERS MRH FOR 1879, REGISTRATION DIAMOND FOR 1875
Modelled as a flat bottomed skiff called the Sardinia, the stern and prow, moulded with fish lying on a net, the cover finial as an anchor
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

See Marilyn Karmason with Joan Stacke, Majolica, New York, 2002, p. 70 for a page from Wedgwood's advertising catalogue, circa 1876, including this form; and The Harriman Judd Collection, Part II, Sotheby's, New York, 6 October 2001, lot 187 for a similar example.

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