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Wedgwood jasperware vase, Staffordshire, England, c. 1785; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Wedgwood covered vase

Wedgwood basaltes ewer (one of a pair), Etruria, Staffordshire, Eng., c. 1775; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Wedgwood bone china plate, Staffordshire, 1815–20; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Cauliflower ware teapot, probably Wedgwood, Burslem, Staffordshire, England, c. 1763; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Wedgwood jasperware vase, Staffordshire, England, c. 1785; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Figure 130: Jasperware vase moulded with the crowning of a kitarist in white relief against a pale blue background, impressed Wedgwood, 1786. In the British Museum. Height 43.2 cm.

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rosso antico jasperware basaltes ware stoneware Doulton ware agateware ironstone china Kreussen stoneware Westerwald stoneware tigerware Staffordshire ware Staffordshire figure Bartmannkrug

Key People

Josiah Wedgwood.

Josiah Wedgwood

English craftsman