Lot 224
Eric Ravilious for Wedgwood 'Boat Race' Earthenware Bowl (circa 1938)
Dimensions

height: 5 inches


diameter: 12 1/4 inches

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Price Realized: $500
Includes buyer's premium

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About this Lot
Description

the Queensware cream body decorated with scenes depicting the Oxford and Cambridge annual boat race and a Mermaid, the inside well decorated with Piccadilly Circus on boat race night, all transfer-printed in black with hand-colored blue, yellow and pink washes, with maker's marks to underside

Provenance

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein

Condition

overall with crazing and staining, small crack extending 1.5 inches down from rim into one of the boat race motifs, other spots of discoloration and very minor flake losses to glaze