Lamp cover
Wedgwood
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1770 - circa 1775
Materials
Basaltware, shell and gilt.
Measurements
187 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870930.2
Summary
Cover for a Wedgwood and Bentley 'Pebble Lamp', the circular body with wreaths moulded in relief. Three cockle shells set on the shoulders contain tubes for the wicks, and the cover is surmounted by cream coloured palm foliage and parcel gilt. The whole surmounted on three gilt dolphins above a triamgular base of black basalt ware.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Makers and roles
Wedgwood, potter