Wedgwood & Bentley Porphyry Two-handled Vase

Description:

Wedgwood & Bentley Porphyry Two-handled Vase, England, c. 1775, creamware body with mottled brown and blue/gray glazes, Bacchus mask handles, mounted on a square black basalt plinth, impressed lozenge mark, ht. 10 1/4 in.

Provenance: Illustrated in WEDGWOOD, Volume I, by R. Reilly, plate 460.
Estimate $400-600

Body heavily restored, missing cover.


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