Design - 17th October 2018
Lot 1137
A Wedgwood terracotta model of a Duiker Lying designed by John Skeaping and glazed by Norman Wilson
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £300
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Description
A Wedgwood terracotta model of a Duiker Lying designed by John Skeaping and glazed by Norman Wilson, on swollen rectangular base, covered in a grey glaze impressed mark and impressed J Skeaping, printed Wedgwood NW mark, impressed 10 F 50, 16.5cm. wide
Catalogue notes
Unusually this figure is modelled in a terracotta coloured material which when glazed, reacts creating the burnt umber colour in the glaze. Although indistinct the 10 F 50 mark suggest a date of 1950.
Literature
Maureen Batkin Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959, Richard Dennis Publications, page 188 colour plate XLVIII for a standing Buffalo model in a comparable glaze.