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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 Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE 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.