Urn

Date1770-1780

Maker Wedgwood & Bentley (1768-1780)

OriginEngland, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Etruria

MediumBlack basalt

DimensionsH: 8 1/2"; Diam: 3 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-421,1A&B

DescriptionUrn, of amphora shape: square plinth with stacked double ogee edge rises to a spreading pedestal foot with ogee edge that supports an egg-shaped body. The top of the urn with strongly dimensional egg-and dart molding and two equidistant rosettes, from which laurel swags descend. Topped by a cover with flat-ish base, with incurvate, rising necks surmounted with finials of stacked beads. These reversing to a comparable form but with a socket opening for candles rather than a finial. The underside of the base turned to a concave shape, leaving a trapezoidal foot ring.
Markings"WEDGWOOD & BENTLY ETRURIA" impressed in a circle around the central bolt.
Provenancewith James Lewis & Son, New York

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