WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT TRIPOD AMPHORA VASE AND COVER

WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT TRIPOD AMPHORA VASE AND COVER
circa 1790-1800, impressed uppercase mark, recorded as no. 138, of engine-turned amphora form, the beaded mouth trimmed with acanthus leaf-tip, the domed cover with triple Sybil finial, the bowl supported on the back of three winged lion monopodia, the lower body molded with lotus blossoms and foliage above gadrooning and a portrait mask of a satyr, all raised on a triangular base, h: 11 7/8 in.

Provenance: Mones Collection (labels).
Skinner, Boston, 11 January 2014, sale 2698B, lot 273.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 727.

Catalogue Note:
For a similar example, see The Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Sydney, Australia, no. 85/704-12.

Exhibitions: Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, â Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporariesâ , 9 February 2020 â 3 January 2021, no. 83.

Literature: Brian Gallagher, â Classic Blackâ op. cit., exhibition catalogue, pp. 226-227, no. 83