1756 Bowen Antique Map Buckingham Shire Hand Coloured Large English Atlas Framed Wedgwood Formal dinner parties and special

Formal dinner parties and special occasions

made for fashionable dining tables and often supplied as part of extensive services

This is an excellent opportunity to acquire a distinguished example of John Skeaping’s work for Wedgwood – a piece that combines sculptural drama

over which an elaborate neoclassical foliate scroll design has been applied in burnished gilt

1756 Bowen Antique Map Buckingham Shire Hand Coloured Large English Atlas Framed Wedgwood Formal dinner parties and specialPaper generally dark but with whiter areas through the center and top right. Foxing tide marking visible see photos. Original gilt and black frame with chipping. Original hand colouring. Plate 6 from Emanuel Bowen's "Large English Atlas" (1756), dedicated to Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. First state with Tinney Sayer Bowles Bowles imprint.