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[ 7. WEDGWOOD] [ INDEX ]
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A resurgence of interest in Wedgwood pottery ocurred in the 1860's, some 70 years after Josiah Wedgwood's death. A new generation of middle-class collectors emerged at this time with the publication of a number of books on the subject. Lever seems to have been converted quite suddenly to the importance of Wedgwood by the lavish sale of Lord Tweedmouth's collection in 1905. A leading dealer of the time, Frederick Rathbone advised on this and subsequent acquisitions.
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FIGURES
OF CUPID AND PSYCHE After Etienne-Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791)
c 1780 Black basalt; 19.9 x 10.7 x 14.5 cm Purchased by Lever from
the Tweedmouth collection, 1905.
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BORGHESE
VASES AND PEDESTALS C.1790 and later.Solid blue jasper with white
jasper reliefs; each vase 50.3 x 27.5 cm , each pedestal 31.5 x
26.5 cm. Purchased by Lever from the Tweedmouth collection, 1905.
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PLAQUE
Designed by John Flaxman (1755 - 1826) c 1790 Peace preventing Mars
from opening the Door of the Temple of Janus. Solid blue jasper
with white jasperware reliefs; 22.8 x 25 cm Purchased by Lever from
Frederick Rathbone, 1918.
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