Wedgwood Chess Set King and Queen (1968)
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King and Queen, Wedgwood 1968, King and Queen in black basalt, from the chess set designed by Arnold Machin. Designed in the early 1940's, production didn't start until the 1960's, these are early examples with good detail
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- 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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