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Wedgwood Ashtray

By Anonymous (not verified), 2 August, 2008
Description

A Jasper Blue Wedgwood Ashtray, found among my mother's things when she was moving recently.  Mom believes that it was purchased by my grandmother during the late 1960's or early 1970's, but she's unsure whether grandma purchased it in Europe or America.  Because Grandma is from Norway, it could have been easily purchased there.

The ashtray features a white bas relief design in the middle of three Grecian women and a pegasus, the rest of the ashtray is unadorned. 

I've searched the web for other ashtrays that look the same, but I haven't found any that were identical.  I found several similar with the three dancing muses design and one with the pegasus design that was much larger and had white adornment around the edge.

I'm not sure if this means that the ashtray is so common that no one bothers to post pictures of it, or if it's something unusual.

I apologize for the poor quality of the photos, I'm not much of a photographer. :)

Category
China
Medium
pottery
Distinguishing marks
Standard Wedgwood stamp on back
Condition
Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item
roughly 4" by 4"
Date Period
Late 1960's/early 1970's
Weight
less than a pound
History
It was purchased by my grandmother in the early 70's or late 60's, I'm not sure whether she purchased it in Europe or America (either is entirely possible)
eBay Auction Link
http://www.ebay.com
Price Paid (If known)
unknown
For Sale?
No
Photos
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kathyBeh

16 years 4 months ago

Re: Wedgwood Ashtray

Pretty common, you can get them on ebay for 15-20.00$
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Morphium

10 years 7 months ago

Re: Wedgwood Ashtray

Common. Circa 1960-1970.  The image in the center is called The Muses Watering Pegasus.

Try searching that under google.

Anyhow, these are what I found for comparison. Search around some more too, you'll see tons of different images and patterns Wedgwood had. I myself own a massive amount of these just because I find them pretty and really fun to collect and seek out.

http://s.ecrater.com/stores/10609/4ae728af58ae6_10609n.jpg

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/82/5d/71/825d71303ec257bc7c57257…

 

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