Four Wedgwood creamware plates, circa 1769-71
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Four Wedgwood creamware plates, circa 1769-71
Of Husk service type, with moulded shell-edged rims highlighted in puce, painted in the manner of James Bakewell in puce monochrome, each with a large flower and smaller flower sprigs, 22.1cm diam (all cracked) (4)
Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Plates of this type with the distinctive shell edge moulding were included in the Husk service supplied by Wedgwood to Catherine the Great and presently displayed at Peterhof Palace, St Petersburg. James Bakewell joined Wedgwood in the summer of 1768 and by the winter of 1769 Josiah reported to Bentley, 'Bakewell has set his mind on being a good enamel Painter and really improves very much in flowers..'.

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