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Candlestick

1800-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Candlestick of cream-coloured earthenware, covered with a green glaze mottled with black. In the from of a plain column with square plinth.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with green lead glaze
Brief description
Candlestick, green lead-glazed earthenware, made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, 1800-1820.
Physical description
Candlestick of cream-coloured earthenware, covered with a green glaze mottled with black. In the from of a plain column with square plinth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
  • Base length: 8.6cm
  • Base width: 8.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ''WEDGWOOD'

    Note
    Impressed

  • 'O'

    Note
    Impressed

Gallery label
(23/05/2008)
Candlestick
Made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Etruria, Staffordshire, 1800-20
Marks: 'WEDGWOOD' and 'O', impressed
Lead-glazed earthenware

2446-1901 Jermyn Street Collection
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Collection
Accession number
2446-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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