Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT TWO-HANDLED VASES AND COVERS CIRCA 1775
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October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT TWO-HANDLED VASES AND COVERS CIRCA 1775
each of shield shape, affixed with upright loop handles at the shoulders suspending drapery from rings, the front applied with a medallion showing 'The Three Graces' or the 'Sacrifice to Aesculapius', Greek god of medicine and healing, the neck and foot with engine-turned banding, impressed Wedgwood & Bentley marks.
Heights 13⅝ in.
34.6 cm
David Newbon, London, 1978
On May 1st, 1769 Josiah proclaimed his intention of becoming "Vase Maker General to the Universe" in a letter to Thomas Bentley. He further wrote in his letter "Mrs Byerley is just return'd from London & brings a strange acct. of their goings on in Newport Street, No getting to the door for Coaches, nor into the rooms for Ladies & Gentn, & Vases, she says, Vases was all the cry - we must endeavour to gratify this universal passion", referenced by Gaye Blake-Roberts, Wedgwood, A story of Creation & Innovation, London, 2017, pp. 54, 107.