Jasper has been by far the most avidly collected of all Wedgwood wares from the 18th century until the present day. It is still the style by which the firm is throughout the world and it continues to be produced in the 1990S. A dense white stoneware, jasper was the outstanding invention of Josiah Wedgwood's career as a potter - and the most significant innovation in ceramics since the discovery of porcelain by the Chinese some 900 years earlier.
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Jasper has been by far the most avidly collected of all Wedgwood wares from the 18th century until the present day. It is still the style by which the firm is throughout the world and it continues to be produced in the 1990S. A dense white stoneware, jasper was the outstanding invention of Josiah Wedgwood's career as a potter - and the most significant innovation in ceramics since the discovery of porcelain by the Chinese some 900 years earlier.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1850grams, ISBN: 9780500016244.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Brown cloth with gilt stamped titles to spine and gilt stamped publisher's mark to front, in black and white jacket with photo of jasper ewers to front, 4to. 416pp. Index, bibliography, glossary, notes. 71 color plates, 537 numbered b/w illustrations. Biographical/historical material, extensive historical/descrtiptive section of products, exhaustive appendices. Book is as new. Jacket has small spot of surface loss to tip of upper rear corner, else as new. In Brodart. Beautiful.
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As New in Fine jacket. Size: 4to 11"-13" tall; Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear to the brilliantly bound burgundy cloth covers and with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine and tell-tale Thames and Hudson dolphins-swimming logo stamped to front cover, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected in Brodart, not price-clipped. Three major sections to the tome: the Wedgwoods, master potters: Jasper 1774-95; Jasper 1795-1968 and then with appendices including the Wedgwoods; Wedgwood trademarks; ornamenting; engine-turning; cameos & intaglios 1774-95; medals 1774-95; portrait medallions, antique subjects 1774-95, portrait medallions, modern subjects 1774-1968, tablets, plaques & medallions 1775-95; busts; figures 1779-95. Over 600 illustrations, 71 in full color. 416 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
