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Josiah Wedgwood was not only an innovator in ceramic techniques and design, he was also a managing director who insisted on high standards, and promoted his products energetically. In 1759 he founded an enterprise producing good quality, desirable tableware and ornamental ceramics that suited the fashions of the time. Born into a family of potters, he [more...]

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 [more...]