103 - WEDGWOOD, A MID 1950’S HAND PAINTED AND LUSTRE 'WREATHED SHELL' PLATE

WEDGWOOD, A MID 1950’S HAND PAINTED AND LUSTRE 'WREATHED SHELL' PLATE Scallop shell form with impressed ridges, iron red floral decoration amongst a white lustre glaze ground, bearing impressed marks to underside. (length 22.9cm x w 22.1cm) 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