Marks On the underside impressed Wedgwood & Bentley
Inscription On the underside of the pot a Beeson loan sticker, a Beeson collection sticker, a sales sticker and a Vurpillat collection sticker; on the underside of the cover a Vurpillat collection sticker, a sales sticker and a Beeson collection sticker.
Provenance M. Mellanay Delhom, Chicago, Illinois. Dealer Ann Brodkiewicz, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Francis Jennings Vurpillat (1896-1966) [see note 1]; purchased in 1967 by Dwight Beeson (1903-1985) and Lucille Stewart Beeson (1905-2001), Birmingham, Alabama; by gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art in 1980
1. No information on provenance in file. Delhom and Brodkiewicz references can be found in Adams's 1992 catalogue, p. 212. The Vurpillat collection stickers on the piece indicate that this object was part of that collection and it is assumed that the Beesons purchased this object along with the rest of the collection in 1967.
