Wedgewood Jasperware

Among the earliest designs in the 250-year history of Wedgwood, Jasperware was brought out by the founding father of the company, Josiah Wedgwood, in 1775, and has gathered a great following of collectors of both antique and recently designed objects of art.



                   A type of unglazed, close-grained, and nonporous stoneware, Jasper was named for its resemblance in hardness to the stone jasper. The organic structure of this porcelain is lily-white upon startup and is then plunged into metallic oxide tinging agents to tone it to black or one of various lighter pastel colors--with periwinkle blue comprising the most recognizable  by collectors.

 Enlivened through Neoclassical styling and Greek and Roman mythology, the pattern method on Jasperware is hand-applied by craftspeople and has white cameo images and embellishment in bas-relief. These shaped ornamentations are fired straightaway onto every piece for toughness.


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