Large Early Black Basalt Lion Finial Teapot c.1790 Wedgwood Its gently curved form and

Its gently curved form and smooth

consistent with period creamware

combined with the birth of his Catholic son in 1688

or period interior

Black Basalt is one of Wedgwood’s most iconic bodies: a dense

Large Early Black Basalt Lion Finial Teapot c.1790 Wedgwood Its gently curved form andThis impressive early black basalt teapot is a fine example of late 18thcentury neoclassical taste, notable for both its large size (approximately 30cm from spout tip to handle) and its crisp applied decoration. Produced in an unglazed, dense black stoneware body often referred to as black basalt, the teapot has a pleasingly rounded form with a slightly compressed lower section rising to a gently everted, undulating rim. The matte black surface shows