^Lot 255 Wedgwood for James Powell and Sons Chinoiserie Blue Footed Bowl

This fine bone china footed bowl was manufactured by Wedgwood in Staffordshire, England, as a special commission for the prestigious London retailer James Powell and Sons (Whitefriars). The exterior of the compote features a mottled powder blue ground decorated with hand-applied gilded sprays of flowering branches. The rim is finished with a gilded band above a repeating dot-and-line border. The interior is glazed white and centered with a polychrome Chinoiserie scene depicting a seated figure in traditional scholar robes beneath a pine tree. The inner rim is decorated with a wide iron-red fish scale border accented with gilded cartouches. The base contains an underglaze green printed factory mark WEDGWOOD and the word ENGLAND. A red overglaze retailer mark identifies the piece as manufactured for James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars Glass Works, London. A hand-painted black M monogram is also present on the base. Provenance includes the Rubin collection, evidenced by a circular gray sticker numbered 206. A handwritten label is also present.

Dimensions: 4"L x 4"W x 3"H
Condition: Good