lustre-glazed earthenware 6½ h × 7½ w × 4¼ d in (17 × 19 × 11 cm)
At 98, Beatrice Wood crafted this service in recognition that "breakfast for one" was to be her future.
Set is comprised of teapot, lidded sugar, creamer, teacup, saucer, lidded plate, bud vase, and two goblets. Signed to underside of each example ‘Beato’.
provenance: Garth Clark Gallery, New York | Private Collection, Los Angeles | Cowan's, Modern Ceramics & 20th Century Decorative Art, 7 November 2014, Lot 109 | Private Collection, New York
exhibited: Beatrice Wood: A Centennial Tribute, 3 March 1997 - 8 June 1997, American Craft Museum, New York (traveled to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara)
literature: Beatrice Wood: A Centennial Tribute, Naumann, unpaginated, illustrates this example
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