Lot 139
WEMYSS WARE
RARE 'LEMONS' LEMON SQUEEZER AND BASE, CIRCA 1900
Auction: 6 April 2016 at 12:00 BST
£9,500
Description
decorated by James Sharp with a frieze of fruiting lemons, painted and impressed marks WEMYSS
Dimensions
11.5cm across, 8.3cm high
Footnote
Literature: de Rin, Victoria; MacMillan, David; Davis, Peter and Rankine, Robert 'Wemyss Ware; a decorative Scottish Pottery' 1986, p. 114, pl. 235
Note: See National Museums Scotland H.1994.66 where a similar example is kept.