19th c Wedgwood Jasperware dip blue 3p teapot bowl sugar grapes etc GIPSY

Description

Here is an antique, three item tea set with a deep blue, matt type color outside. The mark has a big serif “W” and the ware and decorations all have the exact characteristics of antique Wedgwood, but the full name is not there. I suppose it could be from someone else, but Wedgwood didn’t always put the full name on the older pieces and the ware particulars are exactly as Wedgwood did them. The surfaces are all covered with high, raised, applied white grapes, leaves, vines, another kind of fruit, and trellis dividers. High quality work. Excellent condition. The teapot is 6 1/4” high, 7 1/2” across the spout and handle, and 5” wide in the body. The coveted sugar is 5” high and 4 1/2” wide. The open bowl is 2 7/8” high and 5” across the top. All the the same raised, very well made decorations. The two lids are well decorated the same way. On the bottoms is a large serif “W.” There’s a hand incised “1485” on each piece. Then there’s an L and other numbers. The teapot bottom also has “GIPSY.” Looking around a piece, the decoration alternates between very high relief grapes and leaves, clusters of some other fruit and leaves, and sheaves of wheat. Between each group is a trellis type divider. This is nice artwork, precisely executed. There are no chips, cracks, or nicks. I see one very tiny ding on the bottom edge of the teapot lid. On the covered sugar on the lower part, there’s two small smooth whiter spots in the blue from the making. There’s a couple tiny bits of residue. I don’t know what the word GIPSY refers to, perhaps the type of dip color application or the pattern. It has a special finish. I photographed them in a lot of light.