Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
Wedgwood and Beyond: English Ceramics from the Starr Collection
A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT FOOTED OIL LAMP AND CANDLE HOLDER CIRCA 1771-8
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT FOOTED OIL LAMP AND CANDLE HOLDER CIRCA 1771-8
of shallow form, the exterior affixed with garlands, the shoulder set with three small pierced shells, set on three dolphin supports raised on a triangular chamfered base, impressed lower case Wedgwood & Bentley mark.
Height 6⅜ in.
17.3 cm
S. Nager, January 1977
Oil lamps were in production from 1771. On January 21, 1771 Josiah wrote to Bentley "We are making Lamps of various sorts some of which will be fire in our next Oven" referenced in Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, London, 1989, Vol. I, p. 357.