Wedgwood
English ceramics firm founded in 1759, whose jasperware cameos were set in jewelry.
Josiah Wedgwood’s jasperware, with white classical figures on a coloured ground, was mounted in buckles, brooches and pendants from the late eighteenth century.
Signature and marks
The ceramic is impressed Wedgwood; the mount is usually by another maker.
In the collection
Wedgwood, available now
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