Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Vase and Cover

Description:

Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Vase and Cover, England, c. 1775, the cover with Sybil finial and laurel and berry border, the vase with fluted neck, Egyptian head handles and with oval classical medallion depicting Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion above foliate and berry festoons, impressed circular mark, ht. 14 3/4 in.

Provenance: The Victor & Muriel Polikoff Collection.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

Cover: Finial restored at join; chips to ends of two leaves at border.
Vase: Neck restored.


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