Bowl

Wedgwood

  • Titles Bowl (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 4 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. Diam. (10.5 x 25.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.1220.2011
  • Work Type bowl
  • Classification Containers

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Simple, small silver chamber candlestick with attached snuffer, the well round with beaded edge, the edge of the C-scroll handle/snuffer holder likewise beaded, the urn-shaped candleholder raised on an open pedestal that would have held a fire starter or match, the upper flared rim of the candleholder likewise with beaded edge and the foot decorated with bright-cut engraving, the conical snuffer fits into the holder with an L-shaped hook and has a beaded edge.
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