Lot 57
MARY SETON WATTS (1849-1938) FOR COMPTON POTTERS GUILD
ARTS & CRAFTS TERRACOTTA CASKET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
Auction: 25 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
£1,500
Description
with domed cover, cast with a polychrome frieze of scrolling vines and birds and with lion mask handles to each end
Dimensions
40cm wide, 18cm high, 18cm deep
Footnote
Note: Mary Watts took her inspiration for this casket from a drawing in Brindley & Weatherley's 'Ancient Sepulchral Monuments' of 1887. The design is based on the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus in the Church of Saint Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna. A smaller version of this casket is held at the Watts Galley, Compton.