99 - WEDGWOOD, A 19TH CENTURY HAND PAINTED 'WREATHED SHELL' PLATE

WEDGWOOD, A 19TH CENTURY HAND PAINTED 'WREATHED SHELL' PLATE Scallop shell form with impressed ridges, hand painted polychrome Insects, beetles, flowers and leaves amongst a white ground held within an orange and iron red trim border, marked with retailer's mark for John Mortlock, Oxford Street, London, with additional impressed marks to underside. (length 22.5cm x w 21.8cm) N.B. Wedgwood's 1878 Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Shapes. Illustrated under the heading of 'Comports' illustration ‘V.’ with the title ‘Pectin Japonicum’. The full page showing various shells that comprised the forms of its 'Wreathed Shell' service. Initiated in creamware around 1790 - 1795, the service proved most popular. It was reworked in the 19th Century and produced through the 19th Century & 20th Century in a variety of bodies including pearlware, white ware, Majolica, and moonlight lustre up until the late 1960’s