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Wedgwood Majolica Cherub Plate Owned by André Leon Talley!
$1,695
£1,286.59
€1,475.40
CA$2,392.48
A$2,568.11
CHF 1,367.39
MX$30,416.34
NOK 17,280.01
SEK 15,781.47
DKK 11,021.89
About the Item
Wedgwood Majolica Plate "Alexandra Centre", with a storied heritage and provenance, owned by Legendary Fashion Icon André Leon Talley! The reverse is marked with pattern# M2829, and impressed with “WGH” indicating the production date of 1879. It's named "Alexandra Centre". The pattern was introduced approximately around 1878-1880, featuring angels and cherubs surrounding a mottled center. It was created in the "Argenta" style, referring to its softer color palette on an ivory ground, popularized by Wedgwood in the 1870s. It was a shift from the bright hughes of Victorian ceramic wares, a response to the changing tastes of the time where the deeper colors of earlier Majolica were starting to fall out of style. This piece is perfect for the "Hostess with the Mostess", who loves to entertain in high style with fabulous stories to tell!
André Leon Talley (1948-2022) was one of the fashion world's first African-American Tastemakers! A 6’-6” tall, elegant, flamboyant, fashion celebrity with impeccable style, signature capes and kaftans. For 60 years, he was an integral part of fashion's history as a journalist, author, stylist, creative director and editor-at-large.
His career started in 1974, when he apprenticed under legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland at the MET's Costume Institute. They created magic on and off stage, sharing a life of fashion and friendship. After the MET, he took his first job out of college working at Andy Warhol’s Factory, through Vreeland’s introduction. He answered Warhol's phone, which opened the door to NYC's glamorous socialites. Although private, he was part of Studio 54’s disco scene in the 70s, dancing with models, designers, artists, and celebs. After Warhol’s Factory, he went to Paris to run Women’s Wear Daily, then Vogue Magazine. He was Vogue's first African-American Creative Director, then Editor-at-Large. He broke boundaries in an industry dominated by white women. A prominent diversity advocate on and off the runway, supporting emerging designers and models.
He had individual style and southern charm, spoke French eloquently and loved his church, a very soulful person with a big heart. Raised in the (then) segregated deep south, by his strict loving grandmother, who worked as a maid at Duke University. Church was the most important thing in their life. André’s childhood was wonderful yet complex, despite impoverished beginnings, he earned a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina Central University and a master’s from Brown (both) in French Literature. When he 1st arrived in NYC, he and Diane von Furstenberg became and stayed close friends, like family. When he nearly lost everything to pay off debts, including his colonial home on 75 Worthington Rd, White Plains, NY - Furstenberg lovingly took care of his financial situation. Almost immediately following that, he died in the hospital with COVID. Shortly after, the street on which he lived for 18 years, was re-named to "André Leon Talley Way" in his honor. It is this residence that the items we've acquired came from.
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- Creator:Wedgwood (Manufacturer)
- Dimensions:Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Diameter: 9 in (22.86 cm)
- Style:Victorian (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1879
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Scottsdale, AZ
- Reference Number:Seller: ALT-0141stDibs: LU8553248023282
Wedgwood
Arguably the most celebrated of all English ceramics makers, Wedgwood was founded in 1759 by potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730–95) in Staffordshire, which was home at one time to hundreds of pottery workshops. The company is famed for its Jasperware — molded neoclassical stoneware vases, plates and other pieces inspired by ancient cameo glass, featuring white figures, scenes and decorative elements set in relief on a matte-colored background. The best-known background hue is light blue, but Wedgwood’s iconic silhouettes also appear on green, lilac, yellow, black and even white grounds. Some antique Wedgwood dinnerware pieces and other items feature three or more colors.
The Wedgwood firm first came to prominence for its tableware, which quickly gained favor in aristocratic households throughout Britain and Europe. In 1765, Wedgwood was commissioned to create a cream-colored earthenware service for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. The queen was so thrilled with her new china that Wedgwood was given permission to call himself “Potter to Her Majesty,” and the decorative style became known as Queen’s Ware.
Not to be outdone, Catherine the Great of Russia commissioned her own set of Wedgwood china in 1773. Nearly 200 years later, the firm created a 1,200-piece service for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In recent years, leading designers including Jasper Conran and Vera Wang have collaborated with Wedgwood — in the tradition of such distinguished 18th-century artists such as the painter George Stubbs and metalsmith Matthew Boulton.
From plates and other dinnerware to decorative items like urns, cachepots and candlesticks, Wedgwood designs lend a traditional air to Anglophile interiors. And even if you have to make your own tea, you may find it comforting to sip it from a delicate cup that was manufactured in the same Stoke-on-Trent kiln that produced Her Majesty’s tea service. Be sure to keep your pinky raised.
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