Wedgwood & Bentley Porphyry Vase and Cover

Description:

Wedgwood & Bentley Porphyry Vase and Cover, England, c. 1775, glazed white terracotta stoneware body with satyr mask and horn handles, mottled "pebble" colors, mounted atop a black basalt plinth, impressed circular mark, ht. 10 1/2 in.


Literature: Similar illustrated in WEDGWOOD I, by R. Reilly, plate 460.

Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

Cover: Ball finial repaired; interior collar with several rim chips.
Vase: Horns restored; several glaze abrasions to surface; plinth with edge chipping.


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