Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Aesthetic Movement

Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Aesthetic Movement Cobalt-Blue Ground 'Bird and Fan' Garden Seat
Indistinct date code A-O for 1860
Impressed uppercase mark and various cyphers, black painted pattern no. M2858 and 1
Of barrel form, the top as a yellow tasseled tufted seat cushion, the side molded with fans and songbirds perched on flowering prunus branches, the circular foot as coiled rope. Height 16 1/2 inches.

Literature:
Majolica International Society, Karmason Library, no. KL001602.
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, fig. 14.24.

Exhibited:
Graham Lecture Series, Bard Graduate Center, New York, Gaye Blake Roberts, 'Wedgwood Majolica A Response to Fashion', May 2013.

C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition Report: overall good condition; the surface of the cushion has been sprayed, likely to disguise surface scratches; a few light abrasions to the high points; one small ding to the glaze on the exterior - associated star hairlines on the interior; interior beneath the cushion appears to be in good condition; surface abrasions to the foot rim, commensurate with use; examined under black light

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