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The figure in this candlestick looks familiar. Is it based on a bigger sculpture?

Possibly! Wedgwood frequently modeled pottery in his factory after existing sculptures and artifacts. Wedgwood and his partner Bentley advertised “a pair of tritons, from Michael Angelo (sic), 11 inches high” in their 1773 catalogue. The figure’s twisted torso and the bold rockwork strongly resembles Mannerist and early baroque sculpture.

Candlestick, One of Pair

Decorative Arts and Design

MAKER Wedgwood and Sons, British, Staffordshire, 1759–present

MEDIUM Tinted jasperware (stoneware)

DATES ca. 1780

DIMENSIONS height: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

MARKINGS Inside bottom of base impressed "Wedgwood / K"

SIGNATURE no signature

INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 60.198.8b

CREDIT LINE Gift of Emily Winthrop Miles

EXHIBITIONS

Infinite Blue

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

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