Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT LARGE AMPHORA VASES CIRCA 1840
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT LARGE AMPHORA VASES CIRCA 1840
decorated around the body in relief with sprigged figures of Muses, the neck with hanging trophies, the lower body and domed feet with stiff leaves and acanthus leaves, each with impressed uppercase WEDGWOOD marks.
Height 17½ in.
44.5 cm
David Seidenberg Antiques, New York, December 1975
A smaller vase of this form is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, mus. no. 1409-1855, and is illustrated in Captain M. H. Grant, The Makers of Black Basaltes, London, 1967, pl. XXX, no. 3.