Black basalt

Scope note

Hard, fine-grained, unglazed black stoneware first developed in Staffordshire, England, in the 18th century, further developed and produced by the Wedgwood factory from the 1760s.

This term has 43 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object name
Keyword
Object category

Getty AAT term number

3000254696

Broader Terms used

Term used for

basalt (stoneware)
basalt, black
basaltes
basaltes pottery
basaltes ware
basaltes, black
basaltware
black Egyptian
black ware
black ware, Egyptian
Egyptian black
Egyptian black ware
pottery, basaltes
ware, basaltes
ware, black
ware, Egyptian black

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

Fob seal

Maker(s)

Fob seal

Fabula

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Designer: Paolozzi, Eduardo Luigi

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Varro (116-27 BC)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Brutus (c. 85-42 BC)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Cream jug

Cream jug

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Plato (c. 428-348 BC)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Figure

Bacchus

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Sculptor: Michelangelo Buonarroti (After)

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood & Byerley (Uncertain)
Modeller: De Vaere, John

An image of Figure

Bacchus

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Sculptor: Sansovino, Jacopo (Jacopo d'Antonio Tatti) (After)

Coffee pot

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Medallion

A Bull after the Antique

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Portrait medallion

Portrait Medallion of William Pitt (1759-1806)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Modeler: Flaxman, John (Probable)

An image of Medallion

Medallion of Apollo

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Carniades (214/3-129/8 BC)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Thales (c. 620-c.555 BC)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Figure

Bust of the Medici Venus

Maker(s)

Factory: Turner

An image of Ewer

Ewer Sacred to Bacchus

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Designer: Flaxman, John, Sr.

An image of Portrait medallion

Portrait Medallion of William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood & Bentley
Modeler: Hackwood, William

An image of Lamp

Lamp with Vestal Filling a Lamp

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Designer: Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de (After)
Modeller: Tebo

Fob seal

Maker(s)

An image of Herb jar

Herb jar

Maker(s)

Factory: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd
Designer: Minkin, Des. RCA, FSAID, Robert

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Aratus (c. 315-240/239 BC)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

An image of Medallion

Portrait Medallion of Plato (c. 428-348 BC)

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood

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