15th Feb, 2023 11:00 EDT
All the Variety and Perfection: The Wedgwood Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin & Suzanne Borow Rubin
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A Wedgwood Queensware Shell Edge Cup and Saucer with Exotic Birds Decoration
UK, 1770s
Glazed and gilded earthenware
Transfer-printed, likely by Sadler and Green.
Both impressed "Wedgwood"
H: 1 3/4 in. (cup), Dia: 4 3/4 in. (saucer)
Provenance
Nancy Gunson Collection
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Sold for $409
Estimated at $300 - $500
Glazed and gilded earthenware
Transfer-printed, likely by Sadler and Green.
Both impressed "Wedgwood"
Provenance
Nancy Gunson Collection
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Exhibited
Stoke-on-Trent Museum, NCS, 1986
Literature
Reilly, Robin, Wedgwood: A New Illustrated Dictionary, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 1995, p. 153 (for the history of the decoration)
Mankowitz, Wolf, Wedgwood, Spring Books, London, 1953, p. 156, pl. 39
