Wedgwood Black Basalt Pot Pourri, 1868
A Wedgwood black basalt pot pourri, 1868, with date cypher and 'Moustache' mark, a tapered basket style pot pourri with small reeded handles and a frieze of classical motifs, the low domed top with circular piercings and vegetal, motifs, impressed Wedgwood and other marks underside, height 3.94 in., diameter 5.91 in.
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- Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.
- Basalt - Basalt is a hard, dense volcanic rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava, and makes up most of the earth's oceanic crust.
However it is also the name given by Josiah Wedgwood in 1768 to a fine black unglazed porcelain which he called Wedgwood Black Basalt.
Using this fine-grained stoneware he was able to produce copies of the newly excavated Etruscan pottery from Italy, with a lustrous and smooth, surface, and this new innovation proved to be a huge commercial success.
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- Wedgwood (England), item types
