A WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA CENTREPIECE
Lot 76

A WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA CENTREPIECE

DATE CODE FOR 1869, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND T

Closed10 January 2012

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GBP 5,000

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A WEDGWOOD MAJOLICA CENTREPIECE
DATE CODE FOR 1869, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARK AND T
After the Eugénie design attributed to Hughes Protat, the pierced oval basket supported by two kneeling putti holding berried ribbon-tied swags, above a reeded and Greek key-pattern base
19 in. (48.2 cm.) across handles

Specialist note

See Nicholas Dawes, Majolica, (New York, 1990) p. 47, fig. 74 for a similar example and a brief passage in which Dawes notes that this Anglo-French design was made with both reticulated and solid trellis rims.