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Tray (Dejeuner tray)
Wedgwood - Etruria Works
1810-1820
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
Museum Object Number
2015.0040.006
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Lindsay Grigsby in honor of Drs. Caroline W. and Harold N. Brown
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Object Number
2015.0040.006
Object Name
Tray (Dejeuner tray)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Wedgwood - Etruria Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1810-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside of body
Inscription: Impressed "WEDGWOOD"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (basalt)
Dimensions (inches)
0.63 (H) x 10.197 (W) x 12.402 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.6 (H) x 25.9 (W) x 31.5 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Very similar set: vol. II, p. 473, col. pl. C50, marked "WEDGWOOD,", c. 1815Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Wedgwood basalt wares with "enamelled Chinese Flowers": vol. II, pp. 443-44, nos. 701-3, dating from c. 1815- c. 1820; no. 704 compares later Capri Ware, c. 1860.Book: Reilly, Robin. 1989 Wedgwood.
• Assembled basalt engine-turned Wedgwood dejeuner with enameled flowers, some perhaps by same hand as Winterthur example: vol. II, col. pl. C50, assembled(?) set, c. 1815Book: Edwards, Diana. 1994 Black Basalt: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers.
• Basalt "Dejeuner tray" of similar form with "Silver Etruscan" ornament: p. 93, fig. 95, the set listed by Wedgwood (1795) as "dejeuner for one with bowl."