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 Parian Ware Venus de Milo Figure
UK, circa 1850
Stoneware
Traditionally referred to and cataloged by Wedgwood as "Venus Victrix", as captioned here on the base.
Impressed "WEDGWOOD"
H: 20 3/4, W: 6 1/4, D: 6 in.
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Sold for $1,134
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Stoneware
Traditionally referred to and cataloged by Wedgwood as "Venus Victrix", as captioned here on the base.
Impressed "WEDGWOOD"
Provenance
Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin
Literature
Buten, Harry, Wedgwood Rarities, Buten Museum of Wedgwood, Merion, 1969, p. 129
Edwards, Diana, Black Basalt: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1994, p. 104 (for the same form in a different body)
