Antique Wedgwood Cobalt Blue Dip Jasperware Sugar Dish & Lid for Sale

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Antique Wedgwood Cobalt Blue Dip Jasperware Sugar Dish & Lid For Sale

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Antique Wedgwood Cobalt Blue Dip Jasperware Sugar Dish & Lid:
$69.99

Antique Wedgwood Cobalt Blue Dip Jasperware Sugar Dish & Lid

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For your consideration is this beautiful cobalt blue jasperware dip sugar dish with bas-relief, sacrificial figures. The piece features true craftsmanship in its elaborate detailing between the neoclassical scene that pops from the surface with perfect contrast and the ornate border around the lid. It is perfect for use or to display in a kitchen, dining area, or even in a display case. For more information on Wedgwood and its Jasperware products, see below. It measures approximately 4 ⅜” tall at the knob of the lid, 5 ⅝” from handle to handle, 3 ⅛” over the opening, and 3” over the base foot. It is in excellent condition with some faint crackling on the interior. 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. Some photos contain props that are not included as they are for visualization purposes only.

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, 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.

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