$2,016
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
All the Variety and Perfection: The Wedgwood Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin & Suzanne Borow Rubin
Auction: July 12, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
Stoneware
A small-scale copy of the famous Apullian Volute Krater, in the British Museum collection (BM 1772,0320.14.+)
Impressed "WEDGWOOD"
Provenance
Seal Simons, Philadelphia
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Literature
Reilly, Robin, Wedgwood: A New Illustrated Dictionary, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1995, p. 252 (for a similar example with a simplified form of this decoration)
Note
This was the first important piece of Wedgwood acquired by the Rubins, purchased from the storied Philadelphia Wedgwood dealer, Seal Simons.