Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A WEDGWOOD LEAD-GLAZED CREAM-COLORED EARTHENWARE MELON TEAPOT AND COVER CIRCA 1759-60
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A WEDGWOOD LEAD-GLAZED CREAM-COLORED EARTHENWARE MELON TEAPOT AND COVER CIRCA 1759-60
of globular form, affixed with a leaf-form handle and cauliflower spout, the ribbed and rouletted body picked out in vivid green and ochre-yellow stripes.
Height 4¾ in.
12.1 cm
Collection of Theodore and Rosalind Spak, Miami, no. 225, bearing label, 1984
Peter Williams and Pat Halfpenny, A Passion for Pottery, Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection, 2000, p. 139, no.80, note that "'Melon' wares are well documented in invoices and other records of the 1760s as being amongst the products of many Staffordshire factories".