WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT MONUMENTAL VASE AND COVER, ON PEDESTAL

WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT MONUMENTAL VASE AND COVER, ON PEDESTAL dated 1922, impressed uppercase marks, script T.S and BB914, modeled by Bert Bentley (1878-1937), of shield shape, the conical cover surmounted by a putto, the incurved neck flanked by seated maiden handles, above molded floral swags, the lower body paneled with trelliswork above large acanthus leaves, on a conforming drum-shaped pedestal base, the pierced trellis panels divided by pendant ribbon-tied trophies, the footrim with berried vine, h: 29 in.; base, h: 16 in.

Provenance: Paul Lauer Collection (label).
Skinner, Boston, 6 October 2016, lot 220.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 870.

Catalogue Note:
One of two vases made; the other in the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, U.K.