Arts & Crafts - 18th June 2014
Lot 257
A Wedgwood vase and cover by Alfred and Louise Powell
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A Wedgwood vase and cover by Alfred and Louise Powell, tall, slender baluster form, painted with alternate stripes of flowers and foliage in orange and pink lustre highlighted in gilt, the low cover with similar panels, painted conjoined leaf mark referring to their marriage,, chips to inside of top rim, 45cm. high
Literature
Maureen Batkin Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959, Richard Dennis Publications, page 138 for a comparable vase illustrated plate 341 at Red Lion Square in 1907. the conjoined mark may suggest this vase was produced together after their marriage in 1906.
Provenance
Private collection