Antique Wedgwood Basalt

Original Wedgwood basalt pout-pouri vase in classic blue and white decor in 2 parts.

Pair Wedgwood basalt dolphin form candlesticks with gilt rococo foliate candle nozzles.

An antique Wedgwood black basalt bust of Plato. This Grand Tour sculpture is a very stylish depiction of the Athenian philosopher Plato (c.428-347 B.C.).

An antique Wedgwood black basalt bust of Homer. This Grand Tour style sculpture is a very stylish depiction of the scholar.

Of Minerva and Mercury, impressed upper case marks. On painted wooden bases. Height to finial 42.5", height to top of bust 26.5".

Wedgwood basalt encaustic ewer with ancient Greek inspired decoration on both sides.

Antique Wedgwood Classical Black Basalt Pottery Vase C1860.

Cocktail ring shown available separately, soon. For small Wedgwood basalt dish search 1stDibs ref. #: LU1314249486252

Black basalt refers to the fine-grained stoneware developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760s that was inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt.

A black basalt bulb pot molded as a hedgehog, made by Wedgwood in the middle of the 19th century.

This elegant inkwell set by Wedgwood & Bentley is crafted of black basalt, one of Wedgwood’s finest inventions.

Wedgwood black basalt jardiniere, made in England around 1900.

Crafted by Wedgwood, this rare, round-shaped rum kettle is comprised of black basalt and features a molded bail handle and glazed interior.

Etruria, Staffordshire, comma marks at base date 1800-1820, sprigged bas-relief decoration alternating bell flowers and acanthus leaves, an oak leaf and acorn wreath around rim, impr...

Continental, early 20th century. A antique oval box made of brass and other metals. The box has a basketweave pattern to the exterior and an affixed basalt plaque to the top. The pl...

Impressed with maker’s mark to plaque reverse. Wedgwood first began creating black basalt wares in 1768.

The material is Wedwood's Black Basalt stoneware with Wedgwood's Rosso Antico decoration in the Greek black-figure style, finished with touches of white enamel.

Wedgwood Black Basalt Dish with Terracotta Amphora Medallion, England, 1930s A beautiful detailed diminutive black basalt (pin) dish by Wedgwood, featuring a central terracotta meda...

Very large antique 19th century Wedgwood black basalt library bust of President George Washington after Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741-1828).

This early 19th-century Wedgwood black basalt vase is a rare find...beautifully proportioned and irresistibly versatile.

Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, 1780-1795, hollow-molded basalt stoneware, each mirror-formed triton figure depicted holding a whirlpool-handled torch with floriform...

Each set with 2 black basalt intaglio seals attributed to Wedgwood & Bentley.

A historical and impressive set of nine Italian late 19th century Basalt Wedgwood and patinated Wood plaques. Each Wedgwood plaque framed within a mottled edged oval patinated Wood f...

This pair of Wedgwood & Bentley black basalt urns was crafted at the renowned Etruria factory around 1775.

Exhibited at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC in 2020 and illustrated in “Classic Black: The Basalt Sculptures of Wedgwood and his Contemporaries” by Brian D.

Monumental Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Urn Table Lamps with Classical Relief.

Wedgwood began crafting pastille burners in the early nineteenth century, and this stunning dolphin burner is a gorgeous example of his innovative design.

19th Century English Wedgwood Black Basalt Urn Table Lamp Stunning Wedgwood black porcelain urn of very fine quality.

A handsome and most decorative pair of Italian late 19th century Basalt Wedgwood and patinated Wood plaques. Each finely detailed silhouette is identifying a Roman Emperor on a Basal...

A wedgwood black and gilt basalt covered Potpourri vase, circa 1870.

This is a beautiful wall plaque of a classical figure made from black basalt, probably by Josiah Wedgwood, circa 1860 It is oval in shaped with beautifully moulded detail.

With a bezel-set black basalt intaglio of a man and a dog. The intaglio most likely by Wedgwood & Bentley and dating to the middle of the 18th century.

Decorated with a frieze of classical figures between a berried vine border and upright acanthus leaves. The neck similarly decorated with pendant trophies between upright handles.

Wedgwood refined his basalt formula around 1767 and it was copied by other potteries producing basalt objects in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 7.5 inches from handle to sp...

A fine Wedgwood basalt rum kettle with cluster of grapes for finial, upper case mark

A charming Wedgwood basalt kettle with lid raised ribbon-like design impressed throughout.

A Wedgwood Basalt-ware bowl mounted on a biscuit and bronze base.

A rare signed Wedgwood basalt figure of Somnus, the god of sleep, impressed upper-lower case mark

19th century Wedgwood Basalt Cupid Angel, Marked, circa 1880.

A rare Wedgwood two handled basalt vase with encaustic decoration of classical figures, upper case mark

A rare signed Wedgwood basalt teapot with orange and white encaustic decoration, upper case mark

A particularly successful vase in black basalt, with simple, classical deocration or swags and berries & leaves.

Wedgwood black basalt pottery bust sculpture of French historian and philosopher, Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet).

A large vase in black basalt, with restrained neoclassical decoration taken from examples in The Hamilton Collection, now in The British Museum.

Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. This palette is very rare on bas...

A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth and an older man, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. It is unusual to find ...

Exceptionally rare early figure of Bacchus in black basalt. The mixed-case mark places this figure between 1780 and 1785. He is portrayed in typical style, his head garlanded with g...

A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. The shape is taken from the Greek Hy...

Exhibited: Wedgwood, Master Potter to the Universe, Roche Foundation, 2023.

An ale jug and matching tray, in black basalt with inlaid coloured decoration; a style known as Henri Deux.

Perhaps the most complex work in black basalt undertaken on any scale by Wedgwood, the Bacchantes, are adapted from sculptures by Clodion.

Portrait Medallion of Edward Bourne, bricklayer at the Wedgwood factory. A bricklayer was kept on staff in order to maintain the kilns. This was modelled by Hackwood as an excercise...

One of the major tablets produced by Wedgwood, this is "Sacrifice", from the pair "Bacchanalian Triumph", after the original by Clodion. These large early tablets are scarce, as they...

A rare and stunning example of neo-classical decoration on an ordinary househuld object: a teapot. The decoration is restrained yet lively, and makes excellent use of classical figur...

A self-framing portrait medallion of Oliver Cromwell, MP: rebel, regicide, suppressor of Ireland, persecutor of Catholics, and Dictator. He was posthumously beheaded and hung in chai...

Here they are seen in the black basalt that Flaxman intended. John Flaxman (1755–1826) was a prominent English sculptor, illustrator, and draughtsman, best known for his neoclassica...

A self-framing portrait medallion of William of Orange. The mixed-vase mark dates this example firmly in the 1780s. Wedgwood produced a number of commemoratives of important Dutch fi...