A Wedgwood Queensware Shell Edge Cup and Saucer with Exotic Birds Decoration UK, 1770s
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A Wedgwood Queensware Shell Edge Cup and Saucer with Exotic Birds Decoration UK, 1770s
(H: 1 3/4 in. (cup), Dia: 4 3/4 in. (saucer))
Qty: (2)
Glazed and gilded earthenware
Transfer-printed, likely by Sadler and Green.
Both impressed "Wedgwood"
(H: 1 3/4 in. (cup), Dia: 4 3/4 in. (saucer))
Qty: (2)
Provenance
Nancy Gunson Collection
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Exhibited
Stoke-on-Trent Museum, NCS, 1986
Literature
Reilly, Robin, Wedgwood: A New Illustrated Dictionary, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1995, p. 153 (for the history of the decoration)
Mankowitz, Wolf, Wedgwood, Spring Books, London, 1953, p. 156, pl. 39
Examined under UV light with no restorations noted. Saucer with approx. 8 fleabites to rim. A little superficial roughness to cup rim. Fritting (in the making) to cup well.
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A Wedgwood Queensware Shell Edge Cup and Saucer with Exotic Birds Decoration UK, 1770s
Estimate $300 - $500
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