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Description: | Although originally manufactured as a cheap alternative to rare Asian lacquer ware, japanned ware soon became highly prized in its own right with some pieces fetching high prices. The extensive use of gold leaf and mother of pearl and the employment of highly skilled artists to decorate the items meant that some japan ware was very expensive to buy. The best papier mache tea trays could easily set a Victorian buyer back between 5 and 10 (the equivalent of about 400 - 800 today) and what better way to show off your wealth and status when visitors called. As Wolverhampton japanner William Highfield Jones noted:`the houses of the rich were not considered complete without a set of costly paper trays'
Wavy edged circular tray painted with a birds nest and flowers within a gold leaf etched border. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Domestic life Japanned ware Decorative arts Victorian period | Temporal: | 1825 - 1875
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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