Therese Lessore for Wedgwood, a set of six Wedgwood bone china coffee cans and saucers
Thérèse Lessore, a set of six Wedgwood bone china coffee cans and saucers, painted in pink lustre with different figures of ladies at a dressing table or dressing, printed marks, painted artist's monogram, the saucers 11cm diameter; and Thérèse Lessore, a small Wedgwood earthenware bowl, painted in blue with a girl seated under a tree, impressed marks, painted artist's monogram, 16cm diameter
Thérèse Lessore was firstly married to the artist Bernard Adeney, the vendor's great uncle. The girl painted on the bowl was the vendor's mother. Lessore (1884-1945) then became Walter Sickert`s third wife in 1926, her older sister Ada Louise Powell was a Wedgwood pottery designer.
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Thérèse Lessore, a set of six Wedgwood bone china coffee cans and saucers, painted in pink lustre with different figures of ladies at a dressing table or dressing, printed marks, painted artist's monogram, the saucers 11cm diameter; and Thérèse Lessore, a small Wedgwood earthenware bowl, painted in blue with a girl seated under a tree, impressed marks, painted artist's monogram, 16cm diameter
Thérèse Lessore was firstly married to the artist Bernard Adeney, the vendor's great uncle. The girl painted on the bowl was the vendor's mother. Lessore (1884-1945) then became Walter Sickert`s third wife in 1926, her older sister Ada Louise Powell was a Wedgwood pottery designer.