- Museum number
- C351
C351A - Object
- Cup and saucer, part of a tea and coffee service, Wedgwood, jasperware, about 1790
- Description
- Cup & Saucer.Black Jasper-dip with white reliefs. Cylindrical cup with reeded loop handle terminating above in ashell, below with foliations. White band around the rim and white vertical stripes around the base of the cup. Central band ornamented in relief with playing putti. The staight sides of the saucer are ornamented with a band of acanthus.Late 18th. cent.
- Materials
- Pottery
- Inscription
- Wedgwood ( impressed )
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- cup
saucer - Dimensions
- regular: 6.74cm (w)
Part tea and coffee service
Jasperware, about 1790
C349–C352
In 1772 the famous potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood (1730–95) opened a showroom in Westgate Buildings, Bath. The tables were covered with green baize, yellow ochre wallpaper set off the Black Basaltware and sea green paper was the background for his ‘pebble’ vases. Wedgwood had recognised the commercial opportunities when he brought his wife to the city but was also keenly aware of the competition.
After two years he moved to smarter and larger premises in Milsom Street and advertised in the Bath Chronicle that he was selling: ‘Vases, Urns, Ewers, Bas-Reliefs, Cameos, Cameo-Medallions, Imitations of Porphyry, Jasper, Agate and other beautiful Stones, Pots for Flowers, Roots, bulbous Roots, Toilets, Pyramids etc with great Variety of Cypher-Seals... At the same prices as in their Warehouse in Greek-Street, Soho.’
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