A Wedgwood lilac-dip jasper cylindrical custard cup and cover, circa 1786, overlaid with a white trellis field and with a pierced trellis cover, impressed WEDGWOOD, paper label for Manley Hall Sale 1875, 6.5cm high; A Wedgwood tear-shaped solid lilac jasper custard cup, circa 1786, overlaid with a white trellis field, impressed WEDGWOOD, 7cm in length; a Wedgwood pale-lilac-dip jasper jug, sprigged in white with classical subjects, impressed WEDGWOOD, circa 1790, 8cm high and a Wedgwood pale-lilac-dip jasper coffee cup and saucer, circa 1785, sprigged with putti, impressed WEDGWOOD See Edwards & Hampson, English Dry-Bodied Stoneware (1998), p. 82 for similar custard cups where the authors note that custard cups in these shapes first appeared in existing sales records in the autumn of 1786; and see Reilly & Savage, Dictionary of Wedgwood (1989), p. 170, col. pl. XII. Provenance: The Oxborrow Collection. (The trellis custard cup purchased from the Manley Hall sale in 1875, held by Messrs. Christie's, the result of the bankruptcy of Sam Mendel the 'Merchant Prince' of Manchester's textile industry, The tear-shape cup with Phillips paper label for the Henry Sheldon Collection, Phillips, 14th Oct. 1998) Condition report disclaimer
A Wedgwood lilac-dip jasper cylindrical custard cup and cover, circa 1786, overlaid with a white trellis field and with a pierced trellis cover, impressed WEDGWOOD, paper label for Manley Hall Sale 1875, 6.5cm high; A Wedgwood tear-shaped solid lilac jasper custard cup, circa 1786, overlaid with a white trellis field, impressed WEDGWOOD, 7cm in length; a Wedgwood pale-lilac-dip jasper jug, sprigged in white with classical subjects, impressed WEDGWOOD, circa 1790, 8cm high and a Wedgwood pale-lilac-dip jasper coffee cup and saucer, circa 1785, sprigged with putti, impressed WEDGWOOD See Edwards & Hampson, English Dry-Bodied Stoneware (1998), p. 82 for similar custard cups where the authors note that custard cups in these shapes first appeared in existing sales records in the autumn of 1786; and see Reilly & Savage, Dictionary of Wedgwood (1989), p. 170, col. pl. XII. Provenance: The Oxborrow Collection. (The trellis custard cup purchased from the Manley Hall sale in 1875, held by Messrs. Christie's, the result of the bankruptcy of Sam Mendel the 'Merchant Prince' of Manchester's textile industry, The tear-shape cup with Phillips paper label for the Henry Sheldon Collection, Phillips, 14th Oct. 1998) Condition report disclaimer
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