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jasper ware

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jasper ware, kind of Wedgwood Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–95, English potter, descendant of a family of Staffordshire potters and perhaps the greatest of all potters. At the age of nine he went to work at the plant owned by his brother Thomas in Burslem, and in 1751, with a partner, he started
..... Click the link for more information.  pottery in green, blue, lilac, and other colors, with characteristic Greek reliefs and designs.
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Josiah Wedgwood, who bought moulds from Tassie, developed a method to create a cameo from a substance known as jasper ware.
Cameo role for women; Under the Hammer Flash back by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
It was Wedgwood's experimentation which led to the creation of the company's famous Jasper ware.
Family with an illustrious history of pottery-making by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Several such groups occupy the shelves in the Ringling's vault - a half dozen or so perfect red and black figure Attic pots, a small collection of 200-year-old blue Wedgwood jasper ware, some African masks of recent date, 400 or so linen organ rolls (for Ringling's organ, which sits unrepaired in the big house) featuring such old favorites as "O Sole Mio" and "The Old Refrain," and a collection of old carved wooden santos from Portugal and Spain.
Treasures of the vault by Gigliotti, Davidson / Sarasota Magazine
 
 
 
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