CALAMANDER DOCUMENT CASE WITH SIX BRASS-MOUNTED LIGHT-BLUE JASPERWARE PLAQUES

CALAMANDER DOCUMENT CASE WITH SIX BRASS-MOUNTED LIGHT-BLUE JASPERWARE PLAQUES circa 1860, no visible marks, attributed to Wedgwood, the cover with a rectangular panel applied in white relief with four Greek Muses emblematic of music and theater, the front with two oval plaques of 'The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche' and 'The Sacrifice to Hymen' flanking a brass escutcheon, the sides with circular reliefs of classical figures inlaid into hinged handles, the reverse set with a similar oval relief, the interior divided into four lateral compartments designed for stationery, the cover lined in silk, h: 7 1/4 x w: 10 x d: 6 1/4 in.

Provenance: Orson Welles Collection (label).
Bill Hood & Sons Art & Antique Auctions, Delray Beach, FL, 2015.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 777.

Catalogue Note:
For a similar box from the Herbert Bowlby Collection see, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, accession no. 920.25.38. This box illustrated in the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, D.C., catalogue of the exhibit, â Wedgwood 250 Years of Innovation and Artistryâ , 2 October 2009 - 27 February 2010, p. 64, pl. 5.07.