An impressive pair of Wedgwood creamware pottery vases with lion head masks circa 1765

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£7750

Dated: 1765 to 1770 Staffordshire England

The pair of baluster large-sized vases are made with a creamware bulbous shaped body with applied four lion head masks with suspended garlands above acanthus leaves raised on a gadrooned circular foot. These impressive vases were produced at the famous Josiah Wedgwood pottery in the 1765-70 period in the early days of creamware production in England. A similar vase illustrated by G.Blake Roberts, the curator of the Wedgwood Museum in her feature in the English Ceramic Circle Transactions Journal Volume 16 titled " To Astonish the World with Wonders, Josiah Wedgwood 1730-1795 ". The quality of the work is outstanding as one would expect from one of the master potters of British Pottery in the 18th century. A similar single vase is located in the Victoria and Albert Museum London.

Dimensions: 16.25 inches high

Current Condition: Unrestored good clean condition with only minor historical wear.

Literature: English Ceramic Circle Transactions Journal Volume 16 titled To Astonish the World with Wonders, Josiah Wedgwood 1730-1795 by Gail Blake Roberts.

£7750    $10462

Description

The pair of baluster large-sized vases are made with a creamware bulbous shaped body with applied four lion head masks with suspended garlands above acanthus leaves raised on a gadrooned circular foot.

These impressive vases were produced at the famous Josiah Wedgwood pottery in the 1765-70 period in the early days of creamware production in England. A similar vase illustrated by G.Blake Roberts, the curator of the Wedgwood Museum in her feature in the English Ceramic Circle Transactions Journal Volume 16 titled ” To Astonish the World with Wonders, Josiah Wedgwood 1730-1795 “.

The quality of the work is outstanding as one would expect from one of the master potters of British Pottery in the 18th century.
A similar single vase is located in the Victoria and Albert Museum London.

Additional information

Dimensions 16.25 in