Large Wedgwood Majolica game pie dish, liner & cover

Victorian, circa 1878. 6.9ins high, 12.6ins wide, 9.3ins depth. Wedgwood Majolica game pie dish which features a crouching rabbit handle, trailing grape vine and hanging game around the sides.



Brown ground version.





Colouration: brown, green, pink, are predominant.





The piece bears maker's marks for the Wedgwood pottery. Marks include a factory specific date cipher for the year 1878.



Book reference not found.

Condition

Dish: Good. No restoration.

Flaking to the rim,





foot rim and relief decoration to exterior.











Slight wear to interior,



exterior and underside.









KILN EFFECTS: staining to the flange and interior;







glaze miss to interior,



foot rim and one bunch of grapes to exterior;





glaze run to the brown glazes;





notable crazing.





Liner: Good. Tiny flake to rim.



Very slight wear to underside.



KILN EFFECTS: notable crazing.



RESTORATION: stabilised and retouched crack to one end.



Cover: Good. No restoration.

Small chip to steam hole to underside only.



Small flake to rim.



Slight wear to underrim,



exterior and rabbit's back.







KILN EFFECTS: small glaze miss to rim;



notable crazing.





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