Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta Cricket and Football 'Athletic' Jug
Designed by Charles Toft, date code ORH for 1879
Of tapering cylindrical form, the rim with tasseled pennants, the foot with circular bosses, molded with paired sportsman playing either cricket or soccer, impressed uppercase mark and 80, painted pattern no. M2836 / 1, height 6 inches; Together with a Griffen Smith & Hill Etruscan Majolica 'Argenta' Soccer and Baseball Athletic Jug; Modified after a design by Charles Toft, circa 1880, of tapering cylindrical form, the rim with tasseled pennants, the foot with circular bosses, molded with paired sportsman playing either baseball or soccer, impressed GSH monogram mark and E6, height 7 7/8 inches; Together with an American Majolica Brown-Ground Baseball Jug. Circa 1880, of tapering cylindrical form, both sides molded with baseball players, unmarked, height 8 inches.

Note: (Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta Cricket and Football 'Athletic' Jug): Charles Toft, (British, active ca. 1868-1882).

Provenance (Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta Cricket and Football 'Athletic' Jug):
Mrs. Bond (paper label). Fletcher-Hayes, Shell Beach, CA, March 9, 1991.

Literature (Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta Cricket and Football 'Athletic' Jug):
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 203, fig. 2.32.

Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-641; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.197; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.

Reference (Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta Cricket and Football 'Athletic' Jug):
Marilyn G. Karmason, Antiques, Victorian Majolica, February 1990, pl. 11a for the design drawing from the pattern books of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Museum. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica. A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, 2002, p. 85 (black and white).

Literature (Griffen Smith & Hill Etruscan Majolica 'Argenta' Soccer and Baseball Athletic Jug):
Marilyn G. Karmason, Antiques, Victorian Majolica, February 1990, pl. II for the Etruscan 'Baseball' jug. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica. A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, 2002, p. 158.Reference (American Majolica Brown-Ground Baseball Jug):
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 158.


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