T.c. Brown Westhead, Moore & Co. Egyptian Revival Majolica Garden Seat Recorded As Shape No. 1223, - Apr 04, 2023 | Doyle New York In Ny
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T.C. Brown Westhead, Moore & Co. Egyptian Revival Majolica Garden Seat Recorded as shape no. 1223,

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T.C. Brown Westhead, Moore & Co. Egyptian Revival Majolica Garden Seat Recorded as shape no. 1223,
T.C. Brown Westhead, Moore & Co. Egyptian Revival Majolica Garden Seat Recorded as shape no. 1223,
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T.C. Brown Westhead, Moore & Co. Egyptian Revival Majolica Garden Seat
Recorded as shape no. 1223, circa 1875
Modeled as a seated Egyptian female figure supporting a quatrefoil cushion decorated with radiating palmettes, resting on the back of an owl with outstretched wings above lotus blossoms, the base with two addorsed cobras, the cartouche shaped base trimmed in yellow and cobalt blue, unmarked, painted numeral. Height 21 1/2 inches.

Literature:

KL001550
The International Majolica Society Newsletter, Majolica Matters, June 2009, p. 2.
Even M. Kahn, The Magazine Antiques, 'Ceramic Dynamic: Majolica,' 17 May 2020, May/June, fig. 7.
Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 41, Vol. 2 (front cover detail).

Exhibited:
'Majolica Mania', Bard Graduate Center, New York, 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-515; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.38; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.

Reference:
Victoria Bergesen, Majolica, col. pl. XIII, dust jacket cover. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 123. KL000463P and KL005345P for related entries in variant palettes.


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection
Condition
overall lovely condition; minor surface wear and inconsequential scattered nicks to the glaze to the high points, mainly to the water lilies at the front; a restuck chip to a palm frond on the underside of the seat to the right of the owl; examined under blacklight

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T.C. Brown Westhead, Moore & Co. Egyptian Revival Majolica Garden Seat Recorded as shape no. 1223,

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