A rare Wedgwood pearlware pastille burner c.1805

A rare Wedgwood pearlware pastille burner c.1805, the shallow round bowl painted in red and black with a continuous scrolling floral band, raised on three dolphin supports on a triangular base decorated in a pink lustre glaze, marked 'Josiah Wedgwood Feb 2. 1805' in black script, impressed WEDGWOOD, some damages, the cover lacking, 11cm high.

Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C.183&A-1931. Also, 'An explanation for the Wedgwood "2nd February 1805" mark' by David Pendergast in Ars Ceramica, no. 21, 2005, pp 6-11, which relates the mark to the death of the sculptor Thomas Banks.