15th Feb, 2023 11:00 EST
All the Variety and Perfection: The Wedgwood Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin & Suzanne Borow Rubin
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A Wedgwood Richard Redgrave (1804-1888) Designed Shaving Pot
UK, circa 1850
Glazed earthenware, stoneware, metal fittings.
Transfer-printed Pearlware with a Parian Ware figural lid. Motto spiraling up the body, which is decorated with the heads of famous poets, "By the length of his beard can you measure a man? Poet or Hero? - I doubt if you can. Bearded or shaven - Wit comes from heaven."
Impressed "WEDGWOOD" and "PEARL". Printed "R REDGRAVE, ARA" and British registry marks.
H: 8, W: 2 1/2, D: 3 3/4 in.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Sold for $378
Estimated at $500 - $700
Glazed earthenware, stoneware, metal fittings.
Transfer-printed Pearlware with a Parian Ware figural lid. Motto spiraling up the body, which is decorated with the heads of famous poets, "By the length of his beard can you measure a man? Poet or Hero? - I doubt if you can. Bearded or shaven - Wit comes from heaven."
Impressed "WEDGWOOD" and "PEARL". Printed "R REDGRAVE, ARA" and British registry marks.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Literature
Buten, Harry, Wedgwood Rarities, Buten Museum of Wedgwood, Merion, 1969 , p. 16
Note
A similar example is held in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Lodon, accession number 161-1865.
