Description:
Wedgwood Hand-painted Queen's Ware Vase, England, c. 1876, bronzed snake handles and foliate borders, polychrome enamel decorated with portraits of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and her daughter Georgiana Cavendish, after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the reverse with a bacchanalian maiden, impressed mark, ht. 14 1/2 in.
Provenance: Zeitlin Collection.
Literature: Illustrated in WEDGWOOD, Volume II, by R. Reilly, plate C15.
The property of Jeffrey Milkins.
Estimate $600-800
Each handle with restorations.
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Keywords
Georgiana Cavendish, Joshua Reynolds, Jeffrey Milkins, Devonshire, United KingdomStuart Slavid
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