Rectangular Plaque
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Wedgwood & Bentley 1768–1780. Rectangular Plaque. White on blue jasperware. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emily Winthrop Miles, 59.202.19. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 59.202.19_acetate_bw.jpg)
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Title
Rectangular Plaque
Medium
White on blue jasperware
Classification
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Gift of Emily Winthrop Miles
Accession Number
59.202.19
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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Frequent Art Questions
Is this ivory? Or china?
The material itself is a type of ceramic known as stoneware which isn't quite as fine as china. This style of stoneware--white on a colored background--was developed by Wedgwood and is known as Jasperware.The term Jasperware comes from what the Wedgwood artists were trying to imitate: ancient Roman pieces of jasper decorated with white figures. All of the clay starts out white and is then coated in a proprietary slip including very finely ground pigments.Thanks!
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