Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY CREAMWARE 'PORPHYRY' LARGE TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER CIRCA 1775
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY CREAMWARE 'PORPHYRY' LARGE TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER CIRCA 1775
of urn shape, applied around the exterior in white with drapery suspended from rings, the creamware body mottled in shades of green to simulate porphyry, raised on a black basalt square base, the cover with a widow knop, the shoulder and cover rim with molded laurel wreath bands, applied medallion embossed WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY: ETRURIA..
Height 18 in.
45.8 cm
Christie's London, May 8, 1967, lot 147
The Milton Milestone Collection of Early Wedgwood Pottery, Part I, sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 16, 1975, lot 55
David Newbon, London, March 1978