| English Dry-Bodied Stoneware Contributor(s): Edwards, Diana (Author) |
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ISBN: 1851492887 ISBN-13: 9781851492886 Publisher: Acc Art Books OUR PRICE: $80.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1998 Annotation: English dry-bodied stoneware was the ultimate ceramic expression of the neoclassical wave which erupted in England and on the Continent in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially basalt commanded the scene, with its imposing black stoneware forms imitating Greek vases. However, it was Wedgwood's invention of the jasper body which was to be the tour de force associated with his name. Wedgwood's jasper vases, purchased by gentry and nobility alike, were soon imitated by a myriad of potters. This book is the first to explore the vast subject of English dry-bodied stoneware with discussions on the antecedents of the eighteenth century neoclassical wares, the red stonewares of the seventeenth century, as well as the other bodies produced by Wedgwood and his contemporaries: caneware, white felspathic stoneware and, of course, the flagship of the Wedgwood name, jasper. The authors have, for the first time, utilised Wedgwood's surviving sales records from 1774-1794 and these have made it possible to allow |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Pottery & Ceramics |
| Dewey: 738.309 |
| LCCN: 00304347 |
| Series: Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers 1774-1830 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 8.69" W x 11.08" (2.73 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |