A rare Wood & Sons Japoniste wall charger designed by Charlotte and Frederick Rhead

A rare Wood & Sons Japoniste wall charger designed by Charlotte and Frederick Rhead, tubeline decorated with a seated Geisha holding a letter, glazed in colours on a white ground, the rim printed with a band of prunus blossom in blue and white, designed by Frederick Rhead, printed Wood Prunus mark, small chip to rim, 32.5cm. diam.

Provenance

The Collection of Bernard Bumpus.

Private collection of Charlotte Rhead.

Literature

Bernard Bumpus, Charlotte Rhead Potter and Designer, Kevin Francis Publishing, page 25 figure 9 for a comparable plaque designed and tubed by Charlotte herself with the same Geisha playing a guitar instrument. It has been suggested that, due to the quality of the tubelining on this plaque, Charlotte may well have decorated this piece rather than one of her paintress'.