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Auction archive: Lot number 181

Wedgwood Black Basalt Baptismal FontWedgwood Black Basalt Baptismal Font

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$6,765
Auction archive: Lot number 181

Wedgwood Black Basalt Baptismal FontWedgwood Black Basalt Baptismal Font

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$6,765
Beschreibung:

Wedgwood Black Basalt Baptismal Font, England, late 18th century, banded rim with criss-cross ribbons, drapery swags and rings in high relief, acanthus leaf foot, unmarked, dia. 17 5/8 in. Provenance: Zeitlin collection. Note: Framed paper accompanying the bowl reads: "Dec.2nd 1919 Mr. Harry Barnard of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Museum at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, wrote, after seeing Miss Ellen Rickman's china: That her black Basalte Ware Bowl or Vase was an approximate copy, made by Messrs Wedgwood, of the old font at Essenden Church, Herts." Literature: Similar illustrated in WEDGWOOD, by R. Reilly, volume I, plate 633.

Auction archive: Lot number 181
Auction:
Datum:
6 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Wedgwood Black Basalt Baptismal Font, England, late 18th century, banded rim with criss-cross ribbons, drapery swags and rings in high relief, acanthus leaf foot, unmarked, dia. 17 5/8 in. Provenance: Zeitlin collection. Note: Framed paper accompanying the bowl reads: "Dec.2nd 1919 Mr. Harry Barnard of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Museum at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, wrote, after seeing Miss Ellen Rickman's china: That her black Basalte Ware Bowl or Vase was an approximate copy, made by Messrs Wedgwood, of the old font at Essenden Church, Herts." Literature: Similar illustrated in WEDGWOOD, by R. Reilly, volume I, plate 633.

Auction archive: Lot number 181
Auction:
Datum:
6 Oct 2016
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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