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Description: | One of several tins in the 'English Pottery' series. Wedgwood jasperware designs were very popular on Huntley & Palmers tins after World War Two. 'Jasperware' was a type of fine-grained, unglazed stoneware created by the Josiah Wedgwood in 1775 as the result of a long series of experiments. Its name derives from the fact that it resembles the natural stone jasper in its hardness. The most common colour is pale blue, but dark blue, lilac, sage green, black, and yellow were also used. Decorations, in the Neoclassical style and usually white, were made in separate moulds and applied to the body of the piece. There are no male figures included in this design (they are generally scarce on Huntley & Palmers jasperware tins), though the languid females around the sides seem to be offering libations to Cupid - presumably in the hope of changing this situation? | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Publisher: | Huntley & Palmers | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | natural science fine art ewer people child bird angel urn cherub folklore and legend costume sheep flower animal | Temporal: | start=1954-01-01; end=1954-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Not known | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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