WEDGWOOD LIGHT-BLUE SOLID JASPERWARE TWO-HANDLED 'BORGHESE' VASE AND COVER

WEDGWOOD LIGHT-BLUE SOLID JASPERWARE TWO-HANDLED 'BORGHESE' VASE AND COVER late 18th/19th Century, impressed uppercase mark and 2 to base, modeled by John Devaere after the Antique marble, of krater form, the conical cover with artichoke finial radiating lotus blossoms, applied in white relief with a continuous Bacchanalian festival scene, within grapevine and classical borders, on a fluted circular socle foot and square base, h: 18 1/2 in.

Provenance: Robert J. Reichner Collection, 2007.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 475.

Catalogue Note:
After rediscovery in 1566, the monumental Athenian marble vase was later displayed at the Villa Borghese, Rome, circa 1645. In 1808, the Prince Camillo Borghese sent the vase to his brother-in-law, Napoleon Bonaparte. Today it is displayed in the Daru Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris. Josiah Wedgwood owned a copy of the François Perrier (1590â 1650) book of engravings titled, 'Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum que temporis que dentem invidium evase, Paris and Rome' from which he is thought to have studied the design.

For a similar Wedgwood jasperware example, see the Bernard & Lydia Starr Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 29 October 2019, lot 136. For an example on pedestal, see The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, referenced by Robin Reilly, 'Wedgwood, The New Illustrated Dictionary', p. 72. For an early 19th Century example, see Skinner, Boston, 9 January 2010, lot 212.

Exhibitions: Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington D.C., Wedgwood 250th Anniversary catalogue, 'Wedgwood 250 Years of Innovation and Artistry, 2009, cat. no. 2.51.