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Coffee And Tea Service, Black Basalt Coffee and Tea Service (partial), late 18th century
This is a coffee and tea service. It was manufactured by Wedgwood. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black basalt (unglazed stoneware). It is a part of the department.
Josiah Wedgwood's black basaltes ware was all the rage in Britain at the height of the neo-classical period. The clean geometry of form and crisp regularity of decoration neatly rejected the naturalistic rococo. (Treasures from the Collection, 2003)
This object was
bequest of
Erskine Hewitt.
It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
H x W (a: coffee pot): 23.7 × 15.5 cm (9 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.) H x diam. (b: sugar bowl): 14.9 × 9.2 cm (5 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.) H x diam. (a: bowl): 7.8 × 9.1 cm (3 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.) H x W x D (d: creamer): 9.9 × 16.4 cm (3 7/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
