WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT â ENCAUSTIC-DECORATEDâ TWO-HANDLED VASE

WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT â ENCAUSTIC-DECORATEDâ TWO-HANDLED VASE circa 1790, impressed uppercase mark and cypher, after the Antique amphora form with upright wishbone bracket handles, painted in iron-red, sepia and white with Jupiter seated among clouds, holding a sceptre and lightning bolts, an eagle at his feet, Mercury's helmet and a caduceus at the top left, between anthemion and key-pattern bands, the neck with pendant vine, on a circular foot, h: 12 in.

Provenance: With Lindsay Grigsby Decorative Arts, Chadds Ford, PA, 2005.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 416.