Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Strawberry Trefoil Serving Set
Shape no. M855, date code EFZ for 1871
Naturalistically molded with flowering strawberry briar, comprising a sugar bowl and cover, a cream-jug and a three-compartment tray, impressed uppercase mark, various cypher, registry diamond (3-H-I-9) for 3 July 1869, and shape number. Length 10 3/8 inches.

Literature:
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 205, 30.14.

Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-643; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.199; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.

Reference:
Maureen Batkin, Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959, p. 41, pl. 58. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 47, fig. 72 (brown). Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 210 (brown).


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

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