Wedgwood Jasper

[ColinRF]

My wife...and by extension I......collect 18th C Wedgwood Jasper plaques, jewelry and table ware. Two collectors should not be allowed to marry. Every time I buy an expensive autograph my wife gets to spend the same amount on Jasper. She has a library that is comparable to mine in quality and number of books. She is also expert in the life of Josiah Wedgwood. Its actually rather interesting history.

Colin

[ColinRF]

A couple more pix

[Robin Lumsden]

'The Arrival of Lohengrin' .................. from the Wagner opera.

[Robin Lumsden]

Lohengrin was, of course, the Swan Knight. ;)

Edited November 15, 2011 by Robin Lumsden

[ColinRF]

Thanks Robin - that piece looks like a European competitor of Wedgwood (my wife has me trained well). Is it marked? She will want to know. :-)

Colin

[Robin Lumsden]

Thanks Robin - that piece looks like a European competitor of Wedgwood (my wife has me trained well). Is it marked? She will want to know. :-)

Colin

Korrekt!

Here's the reverse ................designed after the 1883 painting by August von Heckel, hung at Neuschwanstein. Reverse marked ‘a. 3189’.

[Robin Lumsden]

Colin.

Does your good lady have any ideas re .the maker of the Lohengrin plaque ???

Here's the painting on which it is based ....................

Edited November 16, 2011 by Robin Lumsden

[ColinRF]

She had a look but she's not expert in continental makers. She did say it might not be jasper - possibly Pâte-sur-pâte.

per wiki: Pâte-sur-pâte (a French term meaning "paste on paste") is a method of porcelain decoration in which a relief design is created on an unfired, unglazed body by applying successive layers of white slip (liquid clay) with a brush. The effect is somewhat similar to other types of relief decoration such as jasperware, but as a mould is not normally used, the artist is able to achieve translucency.

She did guess German as soon as she eyeballed it.

Cheers

Colin

[Robin Lumsden]

Many thanks Colin. Much appreciated.