Today, the word 'Wedgwood' is synonymous with the distinctive blue
Jasper ware (a fine stoneware) invented in 1771 by the factory's founder, the master craftsman Josiah Wedgwood I.
Which company created the 19th century pottery known as
jasper ware? 9.
Which of the heraldic colours is known as pottery known as
jasper ware? 5.
Josiah Wedgwood, who bought moulds from Tassie, developed a method to create a cameo from a substance known as
jasper ware.
It was Wedgwood's experimentation which led to the creation of the company's famous
Jasper ware.
But the November fair this year will carry an exhibition of Wedgwood porcelain along with the famous blue and white
jasper ware which is readily available today at prestigious retailers and seems to be one of the few things which has never lost its appeal since Wedgwood began in the 18th century.
For the New York dog, what could be more sophisticated than a black
Jasper ware bowl designed by Nick Munro for Wedgwood?
The Portland Vase was deposited in the British Museum by the fourth Duke of Portland in 1810; a quarter of a century earlier (1786) the third Duke had loaned it to Wedgwood so that the latter could 'model it for reproduction in his
jasper ware'.(2) Some early interpreters read the scene on the vase as a representation of the Eleusinian Mysteries.