By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Asheville, NC
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 capital, kneeling upon a flora-covered bolder, respectively impressed underneath "Wedgwood" and "WEDGWOOD," tallest 11 in.
A similar pair were exhibited in 2020 at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, and are illustrated on page 140 of the accompanying literature, "Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Candlesticks