Mar 26, 2015 - Sale 2377

Sale 2377 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 1,105
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
WEDGEWOOD, JOSIAH. "Humanity." Heavy pewter box (humidor?), 5-3/8 x 3-1/2 x 3 inches, a representation of the English and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society's logo, designed by Josiah Wedgewood; some oxidation, not affecting the design at all. Np, circa 1795-1834
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An unusual appearance of the famous image of the kneeling slave, whose motto usually reads 'Am I Not a Man and Brother.' In this example the motto reads simply 'Humanity.' We have seen a box like this once before, cast in iron.