Pair Antique 1920s Egyptian Revival Spelter Nefertiti Busts Wooden Base 22cm Wedgwood Worcester-style ceramics

Worcester-style ceramics

which are both decorative and practical

Small star crazing crack in base

matte surface that enhances every sculpted detail

As with all vintage and pre-owned ceramics

Pair Antique 1920s Egyptian Revival Spelter Nefertiti Busts Wooden Base 22cm Wedgwood Worcester-style ceramicsAn attractive and characterful pair of 1920s Egyptian Revival spelter busts of Queen Nefertiti, each mounted on a wooden plinth base. A textbook expression of the wave of Egyptomania that swept through European and American decorative arts following Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in November 1922. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb sparked a worldwide cultural phenomenon, and Egyptian motifs rapidly became central to the Art