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Lot 290

CHARLES PASSENGER FOR WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917): A LUSTRE TAZZA

1888 c- 1897, the interior decorated with a grotesque beast, painted and impressed marks to the base, on a Wedgwood blank, 24cm diameter x 10.5cm high

Provenance: Purchased from William De Morgan by Arthur James Balfour, Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905.
Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902-1968)
Thence by descent

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Hammer price: £3,600
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Literature: ‘The Designs of William De Morgan’, Martin Greenwood, Richard Dennis publ., pg. 28, no. 1122, for the central grotesque design.

The bowl is cracked and restored to one side. Some glaze thinning, especially at the edges. Some small firing faults, notably around the foot base. Crazing evident.

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