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Pair of Vestal oil lamps
(c. 1860)
Medium
stoneware (black basalt)
Measurements
(a-b) 23.0 × 20.7 × 10.4 cm (overall)
(c-d) 21.9 × 20.2 × 10.1 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Keith M. Deutsher, Founder Benefactor, 1993
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Staffordshire, England
Inscription
(a) impressed in base u.c.: WEDGWOOD
impressed (inverted) in base l.l.: C
(c) impressed in base l.c.: WEDGWOOD / S
Accession Number
D18.a-d-1993
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Pair of boat-shaped lamps with covers set on a high gadrooned socle upon canted square base. One lamp has seated woman holding a book, the other a woman holding a pitcher.