19th and 20th Century Design - 3rd October 2012

Lot 1189

A set of five Wedgwood coffee cans and saucers manufactured for James Powell & Sons

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £120

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Description

A set of five Wedgwood coffee cans and saucers manufactured for James Powell & Sons, Whitefriars glassworks, painted with simple flower stem repeat, and another painted a fruiting grape vine impressed and printed marks, saucers 10.5cm. diam. Literature Whitefriars Glass James Powell & Sons of London, Museum of London, page 105 plate 114 for a contemporary photograph of Wedgwood ceramics in the Powell lower saleroom, and plate 116 for a comparable design.