Lot 60 , A pair of Wedgwood porcelain oval fruit coolers, covers and liners, c.1810, one badly damaged, the other with minor chips
A pair of Wedgwood porcelain oval fruit coolers, covers and liners, c.1810, with foliate knops and handles, painted with flower sprays within gilt borders, painted marks, one badly damaged, the other with minor chips
Estimate £200-300
https://www.gorringes.co.uk/news/west-horsley-place-attic-sale-8th-january-2018
One pail in fair to good condition, main body is perfect but for a small chip to the underside of one of the handles, cover is perfect but for very light rubbing to the gilding on the rim, liner has a star crack to its base, the other urn has a good lid and liner but the main body has been shattered with extensive re-glued cracks running throughout and a loose but still intact handle, small orange coloured Wedgwood mark to the underside of the lids and bases of the main bodies, along with a brown pattern number 725.
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Sold for £320