Wedgwood Encaustic Black Basaltes 'Commemorative'
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Wedgwood Encaustic Black Basaltes 'Commemorative' Two-Handled Urn and Cover
Dated 1788, impressed uppercase mark
After the Antique kantharos form, the shield-shape vessel with tall upright strap handles, painted in iron-red and white with two Homeric figures in the red Attic figure painting style, the obverse inscribed and dated `W.M. Moseley / 1788' within an elaborate foliate scroll cartouche, the flat cover with broad cylindrical finial, decorated with a border of acanthus leaves and geometric patterned bands, the socle foot with stiff leaf-tips.
Height 9 3/4 inches.
Provenance:
Michael Moseley, Esq. by descent.
Sotheby's, London, 18 January 1972, lot 9.
C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell
Dated 1788, impressed uppercase mark
After the Antique kantharos form, the shield-shape vessel with tall upright strap handles, painted in iron-red and white with two Homeric figures in the red Attic figure painting style, the obverse inscribed and dated `W.M. Moseley / 1788' within an elaborate foliate scroll cartouche, the flat cover with broad cylindrical finial, decorated with a border of acanthus leaves and geometric patterned bands, the socle foot with stiff leaf-tips.
Height 9 3/4 inches.
Provenance:
Michael Moseley, Esq. by descent.
Sotheby's, London, 18 January 1972, lot 9.
C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell
Condition
Overal nice condition.
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Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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Wedgwood Encaustic Black Basaltes 'Commemorative'
Estimate $5,000 - $8,000
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