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Lot 498
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A large Wedgwood `Bicentenary Competition' vase, dated 1930

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Description

  • A large Wedgwood `Bicentenary Competition' vase
  • impressed marks
  • 47cm.
designed by Emmanuell Tjerne, the ground decorated with mythical figures and birds, the base inscribed `1730', the rim, `Wedgwood, 1930'

Literature

An example of this vase is illustrated by Maureen Batkin, `Wedgwood Ceramics, 1846 - 1959', London, 1982, plate 504

Catalogue Note

This vase was designed for the bicentenary of the birth of Josiah Wedgwood.  A limited number were made - Maureen Batkin mentions about 16.  Examples were presented to the judges of the competition and to the winning designer.