Museum number
C371.27
Object
Plaquette, Wedgwood, jasperware, 1780-1800
Description
Cameo. EllipticalGreen cameo with white female figure standing by urn.Slightly convex.Dipped jasper
Materials
Earthenware
Inscription
Wedgwood 1785-95
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Cameo
Subject
Mythological
Dimensions
regular: 3.175cm (h) x 6.35cm (w)
Plaquette Jasperware, between 1780 and 1800 C371.27 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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