Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Argenta 'Ocean' Crate Sardine Box and Cover On Integral Stand
Date code MRK for 1881
Modeled as a wooden box bound by pink ropes forming a loop handle, the integral stand with coral and shells scattered among waves, impressed uppercase mark, M and T, registry diamond (20-I-A-5) for 20 December 1872, parcel 5, black pattern no. M2832/I. Height 2 1/2 inches, width 8 1/4 inches.

Exhibited:
'English Majolica', Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 19 January - 11 April 1982 (letter and photograph).

Literature:
Marilyn G. Karmason, Victorian Majolica, The Magazine Antiques, February 1990, p. 480.

Reference:
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 80, for a copy of the patent registration and design drawing for this form.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

overall very nice condition; there is a small nick to the side edge of the cover; one corner of the cover appears somewhat rounded in comparison to the others, however, the glaze is consistent, it is as made; there are some minor imperfections to the body, in the making, not of any consequence; examined under blacklight

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