Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A WEDGWOOD CANEWARE PART-BAMBOO-MOLDED PART TEA SERVICE CIRCA 1780-1800
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
A WEDGWOOD CANEWARE PART-BAMBOO-MOLDED PART TEA SERVICE CIRCA 1780-1800
sprigged in relief with figures of children at play, picked out with blue bands, comprising a teapot and cover, a milk jug and cover and a sugar bowl and cover, impressed Wedgwood over numeral 2. 6 pieces.
Height of teapot 4¼ in.
10.8 cm
Sotheby's London, February 9, 1993, lot 189
Pendergast, Ars Ceramica, 2019, no. 31, p. 58, fig. 3
'Bacchanalian Boys', the sprigged decoration seen on the present lot, was taken from a mold supplied by Mrs Mary Landré (active 1768-74), after the design by Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy (1504-1643), known as 'Il Fiammingo'. For a very close teapot see Hilary Young, The Genius of Wedgwood, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1995, p. 35, B 39.