Lot Essay
Literature: For a fuller explanation detailing the platinum-plating process see Wedgwood by Robin Reilly page 548 of Volume II
Details
A 'silver plated' teapot and matching sugarbowl
both with covers, moulded with friezes of classical figures within stiff-leaf borders and plated in platinum by William Burton's process, impressed uppercase marks, the teapot -- 7in. (18cm.) wide, circa 1900 (slight wear)
See illustration (2)
both with covers, moulded with friezes of classical figures within stiff-leaf borders and plated in platinum by William Burton's process, impressed uppercase marks, the teapot -- 7in. (18cm.) wide, circa 1900 (slight wear)
See illustration (2)