An Extremely Large Wedgwood Creamware Coffee Pot or Punch Pot and Cover, Dated 1785

An Extremely Large Wedgwood Creamware Coffee Pot or Punch Pot and Cover, Dated 1785
Made for the Dutch market, one side printed in outline and hand-colored with a ship incorporating the inscription 'DE AGNES EN DE YOANNA VAN OSTENDE 1785', the name 'NICOLACS CANOEN' painted above, the other side painted with a family, a husband and wife with their daughter perhaps, taking a walk in the grounds of a large house, 13 1/2 in. (34.5cm) high, impressed WEDGWOOD
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Provenance
With Alistair Sampson Antiques

This sizable coffee pot, or perhaps a punch pot, refers to the maritime trade from Ostend. The sailing ship depicted, 'Agnes and Yoanna of Ostend', was named after its owners, Agnes Verdonck (1743-1835) and Joannes Van den Hove, married in Ostend in 1773. The Imperial Habsburg flag, as depicted on the coffee pot, refers to the administration of the Austrian Netherlands, present-day Belgium. A matching plate also dated 1785 and an oval dish, bearing the names of the ship owners, were sold by Rob Michiels Auctions, Bruges, 25 February 2023, lot 1461. See also Robin Reilly, Wedgwood Vol.I, 1989, p.305, fig.374 for another large coffee pot inscribed for 'Johannes Verdonk en Johanna Verdonk'.
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