A PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALTES EWERS FOR WATER AND WINE, 'SCARED TO NEPTUNE AND BACCHUS'

The present models are based on designs of 1778 provided to the factory by John Flaxman and based on designs by the noted French sculptor, Claude-Michel known as Clodion. The ewers were produced into the 20th century in a variety of materials including black basaltes, jasper, caneware and majolica. See Robin Reilly, Wedgwood, 1989, vol I, pp. 408, fig. 556, plates 716, 994 and C182.