> Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta 'Shell and Seaweed' Five-Pocket Oyster Tray
Date code HNI for 1879
Impressed uppercase mark and pattern no. M2947
The small central well surround by five large shells in high-relief, each molded with a spray of seaweed, the lobed border as white-capped ocean waves raised on four crescent feet. Diameter 9 1/4 inches.

Literature:
KL000407 Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 86, fig. 30.50, Vol. 2 (back cover detail).

Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-642; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.82.

Reference:
Victoria Bergesen, Majolica, p. 196, for an index of Wedgwood patterns. Pattern 2947 is noted as a 'Shell Oyster Tray'. Jim and Vivian Karsnitz, Oyster Plates, p. 55.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

overall very nice condition; minute nicks to the high points; chip to one flange foot; examined under blacklight

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