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Lamp with Vestal Filling a Lamp: MAR.C.3-1912

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Titles

Lamp with Vestal Filling a Lamp

Maker(s)

Factory: Wedgwood
Designer: Saint-Non, Jean Claude Richard de (After)
Modeller: Tebo

Entities

Categories

Description

Black basalt, moulded. The lamp stands on a triangular plinth with squared-off corners. The parts are held together by a rod and a brass disk and circular nut.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 22.8 cm
Length: 28.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 - 1850

Note

The lamp was no. 217 (on square base with cut corners) in the Wedgwood shape Book rebound in 1916 (watermarked for 1794).

The shapes of this lamp and the lamp decorated with a vestal filling a lamp were based on designs by Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non (1729-91). They were modelled by Tebo. Josiah Wedgwood wrote to Bentley in London on 5th November, 1774, `Mr Tebo, our new modeller, did not return here of some days after me, I am glad he did not for he would have made a shocking ugly thing of the lamp, if he had been left to himself.' (MS E.25-18561) On the 16th he wrote again, 'Mr Tebo is modelling the two lamps from St. Non but goes on very slowly'(MS E.25-18564).

School or Style

Neoclassical

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Materials used in production

Black basalt

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Black basalt, moulded. The parts are held together by a rod and a brass disk and circular nut

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: in large type face

  • Text: WEDGWOOD
  • Location: On the plinth
  • Method of creation: Impressed
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.C.3-1912
Primary reference Number: 11162

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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