Handsome antique small Wedgewood Black Basalt Bamboo style Tea Pot. Marked Wedgewood in rare form of Uppercase and lowercase. Measures approx. 3" tall.
Invented in 1767 by Josiah Wedgwood, Black Basalt was inspired by the popularity of the Grand Tour—the 17th- and 18th-century British nobility’s demand of Roman and Greek objects, black basalt was designed to mimic the inky-black luster of volcanic basalt stone.