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.

Property from the 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.

Provenance

Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin