A Wedgwood Encaustic-decorated Black Basalt Ale Jug With Sphinxes Uk, 1850s - Jul 12, 2023 | Freeman's | Hindman In Pa
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A Wedgwood Encaustic-Decorated Black Basalt Ale Jug with Sphinxes UK, 1850s

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A Wedgwood Encaustic-Decorated Black Basalt Ale Jug with Sphinxes UK, 1850s
A Wedgwood Encaustic-Decorated Black Basalt Ale Jug with Sphinxes UK, 1850s
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A Wedgwood Encaustic-Decorated Black Basalt Ale Jug with Sphinxes UK, 1850s

Stoneware
In the form of an Attic Greek oinochoe with black-figure decoration. Produced specially the Cambridge retailer Woollard and Hattersley
Impressed "WEDGWOOD"



(H: 7 5/8, Dia: 6 in.)

Qty: (1)

Provenance

Shulman Collection
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin



Literature

Adams, Elizabeth Bryding, The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 1992, p. 223 (cat. 201, for an example of the form, with a citation for the source of the decoration design)
Reilly, Robin, Wedgwood: A New Illustrated Dictionary, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1995, p. 146 (for a similar example)



Edge losses to red slip, primarily at rim of trefoil spout; one 4 in. horizontal scuff to body, along with some other minor scuffs throughout.

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A Wedgwood Encaustic-Decorated Black Basalt Ale Jug with Sphinxes UK, 1850s

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Robert Young
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