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 'WATER' AND 'WINE' EWERS CIRCA 1775
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October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT 'WATER' AND 'WINE' EWERS CIRCA 1775
each modeled with either a satyr or triton representative of Bacchus or Neptune, seated upon the shoulder of the shield-shaped body with arms extending around the neck and grasping either the horns of a goat or the fins of a dolphin, above swags of either fruiting grapevine or waterweed, raised on a fluted stem and square base, the water ewer with applied medallion embossed WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY: ETRURIA.
Heights 15½ and 15⅜ in.
39. 3 and 39.1 cm
The Milton Milestone Collection of Early Wedgwood Pottery, Part II, sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc. New York, April 6, 1976, lot 226
Seal Simons, Philadelphia