TWO WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT 'ENCAUSTIC-DECORATED' EWERS

TWO WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT 'ENCAUSTIC-DECORATED' EWERS 19th Century, impressed uppercase marks, after the Antique, both of shield shape with engine-turned spiral neck and upright strap handle, enameled in iron-red and sepia with a central figure of a statesman, trimmed with floral and beaded bands, on a fluted circular foot, h: 9 1/2 in. (2)

Provenance: The Spak Collection, no. 405 (label).
Skinner, Boston, 13 July 2019, lot 234.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 928.

Catalogue Note:
For an â encaustic-decoratedâ ewer of the same form, see The British Museum, accession no. 1909-1201-120, this example dated circa 1775.