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Lot 26
Sale 5408 - Wedgwood and European Ceramics from the Dr. Ellis F. Rubin & Suzanne Borow Rubin Collection
Jan 25, 2024
11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,772
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Lot Description
A Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt and Cover, UK, circa 1775-80
Stoneware
Shape No. 11 in the Wedgwood Shape Book, after a design by Edme Bouchardon, published by Gabriel Huquier in his Second Livres de Vases Inventes par Edme Bouchardon, but the Wedgwood example with mermen replacing mermaids
The pierced cover likely a modern replacement
The square base (which may be later) impressed “Wedgwood & Bentley"; the vase itself securely of the period
H: 10 ½, W: 6 ¼, D: 4 ¼ in.
Property from the Collection of Dr. Ellis F. Rubin and Suzanne Borow Rubin