Wedgwood Black Basalt Plaques with Angels and Diana
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Stunning pair of Wedgwood black basalt plaques, of rectangular form, depicting a scene of a figures in sabre leg chair surrounded by angels, cupids, musicians and Diana, within a gilt frame, 14 cm x 19 cm (plaque size), (2)
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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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Wedgwood (England), item types
- black basalt ware 162
- plaques 77
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