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Lamp
Made at: Wedgwood Manufactory (Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
English
19th century
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Stoneware (basaltware)
Dimensions
21.59 x 20.64 cm (8 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number50.2718a-b
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBlack basalt lamp. Boat-form on turned & fluted splayed foot screwed to square plinth with cut corners (broken). Robed classic woman sits with legs at sides of raised elliptical center, fluted, with knobbed lid, holding pitcher. Cylindrical wick in high prow. Sides with applied ornament. (usual figure holds book - see Third Wedgwood Seminar, 1958, p.112) Incised name on base.