English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th April 2010
Lot 338
A Wedgwood black basalt ewer
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £950
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Description
A Wedgwood black basalt ewer, painted in the Etruscan style with a Classical maiden seated on a rocky outcrop and holding a dish in her outstretched hand, the tall handle issuing from a female maskhead, impressed mark, c.1790, and a red and black stoneware coffee pot with pseudo Chinese seal mark, the coffee pot's cover lacking, 24cm max. (2)
Cf. Diana Edwards, Black Basalt, p.50 for a similar example of the ewer.
