Cup and saucer

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Cup and saucer

Manufacturer: WedgwoodLinkedCulture matchlcp-7670f158dfd3

Date
c. 1780
Medium
Basalt ware (black stoneware)
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
14178

Around 1768, Josiah Wedgwood perfected a black stoneware ceramic that he called black basalt, after a type of hard black volcanic rock that forms when lava cools. Black basalt was used for Wedgwood’s first strictly ornamental pieces, such as busts, plaques, and vases, and eventually also for functional domestic objects like this teapot, cup, and saucer. England, Europe

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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund

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