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Wedgwood Egyptian Jug Decorated in Black Basalt and Rosso Antico
$1,100.00
This special edition Wedgwood ale jug is decorated in Egyptian Revival style, showing a sphinx to either side of a firebird in flight. The material is Wedgwood’s Black Basalt stoneware with Wedgwood’s Rosso Antico decoration in the Greek black-figure style, finished with touches of white enamel.
The rim and base are decorated with piping in Rosso Antico.
The shape is oviform. The jug stands on a rounded foot with a pinched trefoil spout and loop handle.
The embossed mark on the bottom: “Wedgwood” “The Egyptian Jug Sold Only by Woollard and Hattersly, Cambridge,” underscores its exclusivity.
Dimensions: 6.5″ tall x 5.5″ deep x 5″ diameter
Condition: Excellent. Price: $1,100
Reference: See The Birmingham Museum of Art in 1982 Gift of Dwight and Lucille Beeson, 1982.185
Also see # 1385-6 British Museum ‘The Egyptian Jug’ for examples of the same shape with sphinxes flanking an eagle.
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