RARE Wedgwood Gray / Grey Jasperware Bean Box / Trinket Box

Description: RARE Wedgwood Gray / Grey Jasperware Bean Box Your Purchase Helps Support A Disabled Army Veteran Injured In Iraq For your consideration is this very rare Wedgwood Jasperware Gray bean shaped box with lid. It is a perfect piece for a collector, or a timeless piece of classic decor for any home. It features true craftsmanship with its highly detailed bas relief motifs of neoclassical figures, rose border lid, and cherubs on each side of the lower body. The pattern on top is known as “Cupid Asleep." It measures approximately 3” Wide x 2” tall. It is in pristine condition with no damage to note. For historical & background information on Wedgwood & its Jasper products, see below. Feel free to ask any questions about this product by contacting us. Our products are packed meticulously in safe packaging to ensure your treasure arrives in excellent condition and your item is in the mail in usually 1 business day from payment. By shopping with Foxhall Collectibles, you are supporting a disabled U.S. Army veteran who was injured in Iraq. Bas relief is where an object projects or is raised from the surface and used in art to create different levels of depth. The Wedgwood company dates back to 1759 when its founder, Josiah Wedgwood I, aged just 29, started as an independent potter in Burslem, England. Fast forward over 260 years later and Wedgwood is still producing many of the classics dating back to the early years. Jasper, the most famous of Josiah's inventions, first appeared in 1774 after thousands of experiments. An unglazed vitreous fine stoneware, it was made in blue, green, lilac, yellow, black or white; sometimes one piece combined three or more of these colors. Upon these delicately coloured grounds would be applied the classical and contemporary reliefs which are still made today from molds reproduced from the originals. The iconic light blue jasper gave rise to the expression "Wedgwood Blue" and remains a recognizable Wedgwood signature worldwide.Jasper dip and solid jasper are two different kinds of Wedgwood jasperware. Both have white classical designs on a coloured background (with some exceptions), and look similar to non-experts. If in doubt you are always safe calling this style of pottery jasperware.Solid jasper came first. After secret experiments in the early 1770s, blending clays with other ingredients, Wedgwood produced a range of hard stoneware with an unglazed, matt blue or slate-coloured finish, and white scenes, figures and motifs in a neoclassical style. Most of the designs were carefully sculpted copies of classical Roman or Greek ceramics – pottery in “antique form” as it was called then.The color was incorporated in the basic mix for solid jasper. This formula was expensive to manufacture and Wedgwood soon developed an alternative – the jasper dip, or surface jasper. This was a way of tinting only the visible surface, leaving backs and insides un-coloured. As well as light Wedgwood blue, colors used for jasper dip during this period included deep blue, lilac, olive, light green, black, pink, and yellow. Solid Jasper can be found in these colors as well, along with various other colors. Some colors were very limited and are harder to come by. 4242

Price: 90.75 USD

Location: Washington, District Of Columbia

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