A SPECTACULAR WEDGWOOD OF ENGLAND BLUE JASPERWARE ASHTRAY IN MINT CONDITION

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE OUR AUCTIONS AT ANY TIME. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, BID ON IT OR MAKE AN OFFER AS THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN WE DO CLOSE AN AUCTION EARLY. PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO OR DO NOT INTEND TO PAY! PAYMENT WITHIN 3 DAYS PLEASE. PLEASE VIEW THE PICS VERY CAREFULLY FOR MORE DETAILS AND THE GENERAL CONDITION. STANDARD POSTAGE AND PACKAGING WILL BE R 50.00 COUNTER TO COUNTER OR PLEASE COLLECT IN EDENVALE AT NO CHARGE!

THIS STUNNING BLUE JASPERWARE ASHTRAY MEASURES 11.5cm ACROSS AND IS AN ORIGINAL WEDGWOOD PIECE. WEDGWOOD IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PORCELAIN MANUFACTURERS AND THE JASPERWARE THAT THE COMPANY PRODUCES ID ALWAYS MAGNIFICENT. 

JASPERWARE, OR JASPER WARE, IS A TYPE OF POTTERY FIRST DEVELOPED BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD IN THE 1770S. USUALLY DESCRIBED AS STONEWARE, SOME AUTHORITIES HAVE DESCRIBED IT AS A TYPE OF PORCELAIN. IT IS NOTED FOR ITS MATTE FINISH AND IS PRODUCED IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COLOURS, OF WHICH THE BEST KNOWN IS A PALE BLUE THAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS WEDGWOOD BLUE. WHILE NAMED AFTER THE MINERAL JASPER, MODERN ANALYSES INDICATE THAT BARIUM SULPHATE IS A KEY INGREDIENT. WEDGWOOD HAD INTRODUCED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STONEWARE CALLED BASALT A DECADE EARLIER.

LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasperware

LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgwood

PROPS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE (I.E. RULER, CANDLES, STANDS ETC. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED) IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO WRAP YOUR ITEM FOR COLLECTION/ COURIER PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CHARGE R 35.00 PER ITEM OR PLEASE ASK YOUR COURIER COMPANY TO BRING PACKAGING. KINDLY ARRANGE THE CORRECT CHANGE IF YOU ARE COLLECTING. WE DO NOT KEEP CHANGE. 

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