Lot 55

WEMYSS WARE
'IVY' COMB TRAY

Auction: 24 January 2024 from 10:00 GMT
£567
Description
glazed earthenware, painted by Karel Nekola, painted and impressed maker’s mark WEMYSS
Dimensions
26cm wide
Provenance
Provenance: Captain John Forbes, Earlstoun Lodge, Dalry
Collection of George Fraser
Footnote
Literature: Davis P. et al Wemyss Ware: A Decorative Scottish Pottery Scottish Academic Press, 1986, p.98, fig. 179, where this example is illustrated.
Note: 'Ivy' pattern was purchased as wash sets and desk sets by Captain John Forbes, Earlstoun Lodge, Dalry. The Earlstoun estate was part of the large landowning Forbes family of Callendar House, Falkirk.
