PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT TRITON CANDLEHOLDERS

PAIR OF WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT TRITON CANDLEHOLDERS
early 19th Century, impressed uppercase marks, each son of Poseidon modeled kneeling holding a whorled shell candleholder, one with a fishing net draped about his waist, the other with a sea lion pelt slung over his shoulder, the rocky ledge base applied with flowers, vine and seaweed, h: 10 3/4 in. (2)

Provenance: Skinner, Boston, 7 January 2011, sale 2532B, lot 164.
Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 620.

Catalogue Note:
See the Jeffrey Milkins Collection, no. 610, lot number 2000 in the present sale, for a similar 18th Century pair in blue and white jasperware. Also see Robin Reilly, â Wedgwoodâ Vol. I, color pl. C174 and Brian Gallagher, 'Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries', exhibition catalogue, p. 140-142, no. 41.1 and 41.2.