AN ASSEMBLED GARNITURE OF THREE WEDGWOOD GREEN JASPER DIP VASES AND TWO COVERS

CIRCA 1785-90, IMPRESSED WEDGWOOD MARKS, THE CENTRAL VASE WITH IMPRESSED V MARK, THE PAIR WITH IMPRESSED H MARKS

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AN ASSEMBLED GARNITURE OF THREE WEDGWOOD GREEN JASPER DIP VASES AND TWO COVERS
CIRCA 1785-90, IMPRESSED WEDGWOOD MARKS, THE CENTRAL VASE WITH IMPRESSED V MARK, THE PAIR WITH IMPRESSED H MARKS
The central snake-handled vase applied in white with figures depicting the 'Sacrifice to Cupid' between stiff-leaf borders, on a solid white jasper square base with an anthemion border, the assembled pair with twin bracket handles with satyr mask terminals, ornamented with figures of Muses below a stiff-leaf border with pendant garlands, domed covers, restorations to extremities
The snake-handled vase 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high; the pair 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

See R. Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, Vol. I, p. 650, fig. 991 for a green jasper dip vase (and pedestal) of the same form and decorated with the same subject as the snake-handled vase in the present lot. This shape was illustrated in the 1787 Ornamental Ware Catalogue. A vase of the same form as the pair in this lot is illustrated by Reilly, (ibid., p. 658, fig. 1010) together with an ewer, decorated with figures of Muses of the same design as those to this pair.

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