Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta 'Sardinia' Boat-Form Sardine Box and Cover
Recorded as pattern no. M2582, date code BOF for 1877
In the form of a traditional Mediterranean fishing boat, the flat cover with anchor and rope finial, the decking strewn with fish among nets, the side of the olive-green striped vessel embossed SARDINIA, impressed uppercase mark and registry diamond (23-D-E-3) for 23 May 1878, parcel 3, and puce painted H6, length 9 3/4 inches; Together with a Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta 'Ocean' Bread Tray. Date code YZI for 1883, oblong, the center molded with crisscross slates and two strands of seaweed within a wave border and twisted rope rim, impressed uppercase mark and Y, iron-red painted pattern no. M2905/, width 13 inches.

Literature (Josiah Wedgwood & Sons 'Sardinia' Boat-Form Sardine Box and Cover):
Marilyn G. Karmason, Antiques, Victorian Majolica, February 1990, pl. V, and the corresponding page from the Wedgwood pattern books, pl. Vla.

Reference (Josiah Wedgwood & Sons 'Sardinia' Boat-Form Sardine Box and Cover):
Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 96, fig. 166.

Literature (Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Bread Tray):
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 80.


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Josiah Wedgwood & Sons 'Sardinia' Boat-Form Sardine Box and Cover: Hairline to cover, restored chip to box rim, stained crazing
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons 'Ocean' Bread Tray: Section in two and repaired
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