Egyptian Basalt
Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Inkstand
By Wedgwood & Bentley
Located in New Orleans, LA
, inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt, developed in the 1760s. Today, wares crafted
Category
Antique 18th Century English Other Inkwells
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Black Basalt Two-Handled Urn
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760s that was inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt
Category
Antique 19th Century English Urns
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Wedgwood Black Basalt Gold Egyptian Revival Jewelry Box
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A vintage English Wedgwood Egyptian revival matte black basalt and gold jewelry box, circa 1970s
Category
20th Century English Egyptian Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
A Pair of Black Basalt Porcelain Egyptian Revival Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of Egyptian Revival Parcel Gilt Black Basalt Porcelain Figural Griffin Form Candlestick
Category
20th Century Egyptian Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Egyptian Jug Decorated in Black Basalt and Rosso Antico
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
This special edition Wedgwood ale jug is decorated in Egyptian Revival style, showing a sphinx to
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Egyptian Revival Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Wedgewood Black Basalt Stone Urn
By Wedgewood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wedgewood encaustic painted , matte finished black basalt stone urn. Hand painted decoration with
Category
Antique 1790s English Egyptian Revival Urns
Materials
Stone
Pair Antique Wedgwood Black Basalt Vases England Late 18th Century Circa 1775
By Wedgwood & Bentley
Located in Katonah, NY
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Inspired by ancient Egyptian black pottery and natural basalt stone, Wedgwood’s material quickly gained
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Stoneware
$6,800 / set
H 11.5 in W 5.25 in D 3.25 in
Surrealist Painting on Paper, 'Godot', Artefacts of Civilisations Lost
Located in Cotignac, FR
satirical painting of thousand year old figures which have been humanised. The Egyptian basalt figures are
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
$816
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.08 in
Alexander the Great Sculpture Fragment
By George Lamiè
Located in Atlanta, GA
perfection but as endurance.
Inspired by the basalt torsos of Egypt’s Late Period and imagined as an
Category
2010s American Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
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'Coade' Stone Egyptian Lion Outdoor Statue in Classical Style (18th c)
By Coade
Located in Salisbury, GB
the day and arbiter of early 18th century decoration.
The Coade original was modelled on the Egyptian
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
H 25.2 in W 48.43 in D 15.36 in
Wedgwood Teapot With Egyptian Motifs
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A fine Wedgwood rosso antico and basalt teapot with Egyptian motifs, upper case mark
Category
Antique 19th Century English Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Grand Tour Egyptian Basalt Bust
Located in Essex, MA
In the ancient style. Fixed to a marble base. Provenance; Estate of John Volk, Palm Beach Fla.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Revival Busts
Materials
Other
Egyptian Basalt Bust of Psammetique XXVI Dynasty
Located in Montreal, QC
Magnificent Basalt Head of Psammetique, his oval face with smooth cheeks tapering to his rounded
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antiquities
Wedgwood Black Basalt Canopic Jar
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
A Wedgwood Black Basalt "Canopic" jar. Crafted in the form of an Egyptian vase derived from
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Vases
A Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Sphinxes
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
Egyptian basalt.
This pair of sphinxes is part of our collection of Black Basalt which includes vases
Category
Antique 19th Century English Animal Sculptures
A Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Dolphin Candlesticks
Located in Katonah, NY
Egyptian basalt. He made his first known reference to ceramic dolphins in 1770 and refers to dolphins of
Category
Antique 19th Century English Candle Holders
Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Vases
Located in New Orleans, LA
stoneware. It was inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt and was especially suitable
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Vases
Wedgwood Black Basalt Small Pitcher Made, 18th Century, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
he named "Black Basalt", as it resembled Egyptian basalt stone.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Wedgwood Neoclassical Black Basalt Encaustic Enamel Campana
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
was inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt.
Late 18th century
Stamped
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Stone, Enamel
Wedgwood Black Basalt Oenochoe
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
was inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt.
circa 1795
Impressed "Wedgwood
Category
Antique 18th Century English Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Wedgwood Black Basalt Vase with Classical Figures Made in England, circa 1840
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
created a black stoneware which he named "Black Basalt", as it resembled Egyptian basalt stone.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Small Wedgwood Black Basalt Vases Made circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
resembled Egyptian basalt stone. It is black all the way through.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Jars
Materials
Stoneware
Wedgwood Black Basalt Ewers
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
was inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt.
Circa 1840
Impressed "WEDGWOOD
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Bronze
Egyptian Carved Basalt Bust
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This carved basalt bust, which would appear to be a fragment from a much larger statue, has been
Category
Antique 19th Century Egyptian Statues
Pair Antique Wedgwood Black Basalt Griffins Flank a Wedgwood Black Basalt Jar
By Wedgwood & Bentley, Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
it resembled Egyptian basalt stone.
In 1769, Wedgwood opened his new factory at Etruria and began
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
H 14.25 in W 6.5 in D 3.5 in
Basalt Head of Egyptian Pharaoh Tuthmosis, 18th Dynasty
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Exquisitely carved head of the pharaoh wearing a head cloth with fragmentary uraeus with a serene expression.
Ex. collection Theodore and Aristea Halkedis
Acquired London 1980s
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Busts
Materials
Granite
Pair Antique Wedgwood Black Basalt Griffins England Circa 1865
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
," as it resembled Egyptian basalt stone.
Wedgwood intended black basalt to evoke the dignity and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Egyptian Motiff Basalt Jasperware Wedgwood Box
By Wedgwood
Located in East Hampton, NY
Egyptian motiff black and gold basalt lamassu jasperware Wedgwood covered box.
Category
20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Cyples Coffee Pot, Black Basalt, Engine Turned Neoclassical, circa 1820
By Cyples
Located in London, GB
black basalt, also called Egyptian basalt, and is beautifully engine turned.
The Cyples factory was
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Stoneware
Egyptian Motif Basalt Jasperware Wedgwood Covered Box
By Wedgwood
Located in East Hampton, NY
Egyptian motif black and gold basalt jasperware Wedgwood covered box.
Category
20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Egyptian Jug Decorated in Black Basalt and Rosso Antico
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
A special edition Wedgwood ale jug with an neo-Egyptian design of sphinxes and a firebird
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Egyptian Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Wedgwood Black Basalt Egyptian Revival Cameo Circular Trinket Box
Located in Nottingham, GB
Wedgwood Black Basalt Egyptian Revival Cameo Circular Trinket Box
Good condition
Free international
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Black Basalt Egyptian Revival Horus Cameo Trinket Box
Located in Nottingham, GB
Wedgwood Black Basalt Egyptian Revival Cameo Circular Trinket Box
Good condition
Free international
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Black Basalt Egyptian Revival Crocodiles Cameo Trinket Box
Located in Nottingham, GB
Wedgwood Black Basalt Egyptian Revival Crocodiles Cameo Trinket Box
Good condition
Free
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Early 19th Century Wedgwood Rosso Antico and Black Basalt
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
three black basalt dolphins and sprigged with black basalt Egyptian motifs. According to "Wedgwood and
Category
Antique 1820s English Neoclassical Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Grand Tour French Bronze Arc de Triomphe Egyptian Figure Sundial Sienna Marble
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Sundial superbly mounted on a Sienna Marble base.
A black basalt ceramic Egyptian Bust on its original
Category
Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Brass, Bronze
H 5.75 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
A Late 19th Century Pair of Terracotta Recumbant Lionesses
Located in London, GB
pose and design was first utilised in the 1780’s by Eleanor Coade, after the antique basalt Egyptian
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair Wedgwood Egyptian Revival Black Basalt Sphinxes Made 18th Century, England
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
," as it resembled Egyptian basalt stone.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Egyptian Revival Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
H 10.2 in W 3.6 in D 6.25 in
Black Basalt Sugar Bowl Made in England, circa 1810
Located in Katonah, NY
"Black Basalt", as it resembled Egyptian basalt stone.
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Sphinxes Made, circa 1840
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
created a black stoneware which he named "Black Basalt", as it resembled Egyptian basalt stone. Influenced
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Egyptian Motiff Basalt Jasperware Wedgwood Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in East Hampton, NY
Egyptian Motiff Basalt Jasperware Wedgwood Bud Vase. Black Basalt with Terracotta Color Decorations.
Category
20th Century English Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Black Basalt Egyptian Revival Sphinx on Pedestal Base
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and rare antique Josiah Wedgwood black basalt sphinx in the Egyptian style sat on a
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Egyptian Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Egyptian Motiff Basalt Jasperware Wedgwood Covered Box
By Wedgwood
Located in East Hampton, NY
Egyptian motiff black and gold basalt jasperware wedgwood covered box.
Category
20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Egyptian Revival Black Basalt & Rosso Antico Incense Burner circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
basalt in 1768. By adding manganese, he transformed Egyptian black, a traditional gray/black
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Set of Four Mottahedeh Basalt Candleticks
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of four mid-20th century Italian Mottahedeh basalt candlesticks of classical form with quasi
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Egyptian Revival Candlesticks
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Egyptian Collection Sphinx
By Wedgwood
Located in Norwood, NJ
basalt Egyptian Sphinx lying with the body resting on the legs with head raised. Fine quality and limited
Category
Late 20th Century English Egyptian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Pair 18th Century Wedgwood Rosso Antico Stoneware Vases with Black Basalt
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
turned on a lathe and sprigged with Black Basalt, Egyptian motif details. According to "Wedgwood and his
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Black Basalt Creamer, circa 1810-20
Located in Essex, MA
strikingly modern form and design.
Black basalt ware is also called Egyptian Black basalt
Category
Antique 19th Century English Ceramics
Important Wedgwood Egyptian Style Candlesticks
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
An important pair of Wedgwood Egyptian stlye candlesticks, basalt and terracotta, upper case mark
Category
Antique 19th Century English Candle Holders
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Black Basalt Sphinxes
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A charming pair of Sphinxes carved from black basalt. Sold as souvenirs in the late 19th or early
Category
Early 20th Century Egyptian Decorative Objects
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Materials
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Materials
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Category
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Materials
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Egyptian Basalt For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Egyptian basalt you’re looking for. Frequently made of ceramic, stoneware and stone, every Egyptian basalt was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an Egyptian basalt — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An Egyptian basalt is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. A well-made Egyptian basalt has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Wedgwood are consistently popular.
How Much is an Egyptian Basalt?
Prices for an Egyptian basalt can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $150 and can go as high as $100,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,800.
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