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Tripod pastille burner - 1807
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Tripod pastille burner
© Wedgwood Museum
Pastille, or incense, burners were not only ornaments in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they also served the purpose of disguising unwanted smells from unwashed bodies, and foul drains! This particular black basalt model with its dolphin supports was popular in the early years of the nineteenth century.
This pastille, or incense, burner with its triple dolphin supports was originally produced as a small-scale model in the 18th century. In 1807 the Bishop of Winchester ordered a much larger, but otherwise identical, version ‘for perfuming large halls’. At the time pastille burning for the purpose of purifying the air, was much in vogue, and pastille burners could be ordered from the Wedgwood factory in a range of sizes and ceramic bodies to suit individual customer tastes. This tripod form with dolphin supports features as entry 496 in the Shape Number One Book.
- Type of object: Ornamental ware/pastille burner
- Mark: WEDGWOOD [Impressed]
- Year first produced: 1807
- Body: Black basalt
- Material: Ceramic
- Decoration: Ornamented and sprigged
- Accession number: 1134
- Dimensions: 320mm (height), 300mm (diameter)
