Page 75 - the Alan Blakeman Catalogue

174. VOTES FOR WOMEN INKWELL.
175. VOTES FOR WOMEN INKWELL.
176. BABY INKWELL. 3.1ins tall, mid brown salt glaze. Stoneware model of
a very detailed baby holding both arms down (when open forms pen rest). Decorative border to bottom edge. Impressed Doulton base mark, signature,
3.1ins tall, salt glaze with various coloured highlights. Stoneware model of a very well detailed grumpy woman with folded arms, green glazed
apron below impressed VOTES/ FOR WOMEN. Decorative
border around bottom
edge. Impressed
Doulton base mark,
signature, plus RD
NO 546208. Wired
on hinge to rear. No
damages, exc/ A1.
NR. £500-600+
3.1ins tall, salt glaze with various coloured highlights. Stoneware model of a very well detailed grumpy woman with folded arms, blue glazed apron below impressed VOTES/ FOR WOMEN
(slightly different to previous lot). Decorative border around bottom edge. Impressed Doulton base mark, signature, plus no 7235. Pinned hinged to rear. (AB Inks book p39 . No damages, exc/ A1. NR. £500-600+
plus no 7235. Pinned hinged rear. (AB Inks book p39) No damages, exc/ A1. NR. £500- 600+
I once had a row of 18 different variations of these Virago inkwells, wish I had kept
them together, or even taken
a phto? AB
178. DOULTON TEAPOT SHAPED INKWELL.
3.5ins tall. Small classic teapot shape, t.t., shapely handle and spout, various sprigs to side & on lid top. Several base marks/ p.m./ assistant marks Annie Partridge and Lizzie Padbury/ 2588 etc. Exc/ A1. 9.5/10. NR. £60-80+
177. DUKE OF WELLINGTON INKWELL.
2.4ins tall, mid to light salt glaze. Sometimes incorrectly said to be a schoolboy on
account of his odd circular flat hat, this inkwell definitely portrays the Duke. The peculiar cap may derive from
a specific contemporary portrait, but were worn by ordinary working
people. A miniature jug depicting the hook nosed Iron Duke, probably
made by Stephen Green, served as the mould. Remodelled to add a base plinth, adding the cap with
a hole at its centre for dipping, and rear vertical pen stand a new mould
was taken, but it clearly originates with the miniature jug. A small
impressed cross to the base
but no maker’s mark. The Duke earned the nick-name Old Nosey
from the public when an unpopular Prime Minister in the reform period.
A date sometime between 1828, when he took office
and his death in 1852 seems
appropriate. Extremely rare - perhaps less than ten examples recorded? (AB Inks book p20) Front
base chip. 8.5/10. NR. £250-300+
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