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Regency Wedgwood Nautilus Pearlware Seashell Dessert Service

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Wedgwood Nautilus yellow and pink pearlware shell service, circa 1800-1810 The fine quality Wedgwood pearlware pottery service is known as the Nautilus design. Each piece naturalistically molded as various shells in shades of pink and unusually yellow. The finials of the tureens are formed by a worm cast! The feet of the tazza and tureens fit into an indent formed by molded seaweed. The part service consists of the following ten pieces A Pair (2) of Tureens, covers and stands (7 inches high x 7 1/4 inches wide x 6 inches) A (1) Scallop-shell centerpiece tazza and stand (10 inches high x 12 1/2 inches wide x 8 inches deep) Three (3) large fluted dishes (13 inches x 7 inches x 2 1/2 inches) ( one small frit to edge to be invisibly repaired) Pair(2) large shell-shaped dishes (12 inches x 7 1/2 inches) Pair (2) of Medium shell-shaped dishes (11 1/4 inches x 7 1/4 inches) Marks: WEDGWOOD impressed and letter R (fluted dishes); T (shell-shaped dishes); X (tureens); W (tazza). Reference: Wedgwood: Its Competitors & Imitators 1800-1830, Wedgwood International Seminar, page 9, Plate X, for a nautilus centrepiece. The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art, page 279 for various pieces from a Nautilus dessert service. On page 161 is a discussion of the "Nautilus Service with a colour plate (#148) illustrating the centrepiece and stand in colors similar to this one and described as white ware with pink, yellow, orange and pale brown underglaze decoration, circa 1815. The chapter reads, "An amateur conchologist, Joshua Wedgwood I confessed in a letter to Bently on September 15, 1778: I have got my face over a shell drawer, & find my self in imminent danger of becoming a connoisseur. you can scarcely conceive the progress I have made in a month or two in the epp & very elaborate science of shell fancying. Having arranged my whole collection in the most systematic manner & studied them with the nicest attention, I can tell you, at sight, ...distinctions which you,..would not understand & might therefore under value. But this study, alass, like every other extension of the human mind, as it multiplies the avenues to our enjoyments discloses new sources of wants & anxieties, & at this present writing..a fine addition.. would make me the happiest of chonchiologists. The first pieces of Wedgwood's "Nautilus" service appeared in circa 1790, and a copy of his original drawing for a tureen and stand and eight plates, the designs of which are correctly identified according to the terms used in conchology and titled "Wreathed Shell Dessert Colored" is to be found in Wedgwood's pattern book and bears an 1802 watermark.

Creator:

Wedgwood (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 10

Style:

Georgian (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Pearlware,Pottery

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

Early 19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1810

Condition:

Repaired: one small chip repaired on a dish to edge. Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Downingtown, PA

Reference Number:

Seller: NY9533-Acir1stDibs: LU861021644222

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Wedgwood

Arguably the most celebrated of all English ceramics makers, Wedgwood was founded in 1759 by potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730–95) in Staffordshire, which was home at one time to hundreds of pottery workshops. The company is famed for its Jasperware — molded neoclassical stoneware vases, plates and other pieces inspired by ancient cameo glass, featuring white figures, scenes and decorative elements set in relief on a matte-colored background. The best-known background hue is light blue, but Wedgwood’s iconic silhouettes also appear on green, lilac, yellow, black and even white grounds. Some antique Wedgwood dinnerware pieces and other items feature three or more colors.

The Wedgwood firm first came to prominence for its tableware, which quickly gained favor in aristocratic households throughout Britain and Europe. In 1765, Wedgwood was commissioned to create a cream-colored earthenware service for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. The queen was so thrilled with her new china that Wedgwood was given permission to call himself “Potter to Her Majesty,” and the decorative style became known as Queen’s Ware.

Not to be outdone, Catherine the Great of Russia commissioned her own set of Wedgwood china in 1773. Nearly 200 years later, the firm created a 1,200-piece service for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In recent years, leading designers including Jasper Conran and Vera Wang have collaborated with Wedgwood — in the tradition of such distinguished 18th-century artists such as the painter George Stubbs and metalsmith Matthew Boulton.

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