Description:
Wedgwood and Bentley Black Basalt Ewer, England, c. 1775, from an original design by Jacques de Stella, loop handle terminating at a smiling male mask head, mounted atop a turned socle and square plinth, impressed lozenge mark, ht. 13 in.
Literature: Illustrated in Wedgwood - The New Illustrated Dictionary, by R. Reilly, p. 402.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Professionally restored to spout; repaired at join of socle to ewer; small chip to spout and surrounding edge of plinth.
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