A Wedgwood Queensware "Bridal Group" Figural Group UK, circa 1950

Glazed earthenware
Modelled by Arnold Machin (1911-1999), this example decorated in polychrome underglaze enamel
From a series of figures and figural groups, designed by Machin, updating traditional Staffordshire mantle figures
Impressed "WEDGWOOD", date code for 1951
Printed "WEDGWOOD BARLASTON ENGLAND" in green

H: 10 3/4, W: 9 3/8, D: 3 5/8 in.

Property from the Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin

Literature

Batkin, Maureen, Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959, Richard Dennis, London, 1989, p. 198 (plate 490, for an example of the form)
Buten, Harry, Wedgwood Rarities, Buten Museum of Wedgwood, Merion, 1969, p. 9 (for an example of the form)

Provenance

Skinner, Europeans Furniture & Decorative Arts, Boston, July 10, 2010, Lot 379

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