RARE Wedgwood Black Jasperware Olympus Jar With Lid / Cigarette Jar

  

RARE Wedgwood Black Jasperware Olympus Jar / Cigarette Jar. For your consideration is this fairly rare Wedgwood Jasperware Black Tobacco/ Cigarette Jar with lid. It is a perfect piece for a collector, or a timeless piece of classic decor for any home. It features true craftsmanship with its highly detailed bas relief motifs of Greek. Goddesses Pomona and Flora (goddesses of fruits and flowers), cupid, Diana the goddess of wild animals and a stag in a beautiful landscaped garden setting of trees and flowers in what appears to be a sacrificial scene.

The ornate lid is decorated with acanthus leaves emanating from a round finial bordered with a garland of oak leaves and acorns. " in diameter on the body, 3?

" in diameter over the base, 2? " over the opening, and 2? It is the perfect size to store jewelry, coins, or even cotton balls on a vanity. It is in excellent condition.

For historical & background information on Wedgwood & its Jasper products, see below. Feel free to ask any questions about this product by contacting us. By shopping with Foxhall Collectibles, you are supporting a disabled U. Army veteran who was injured in Iraq. Some photos contain props that are not included as they are for visualization purposes only. Is where an object projects or is raised from the surface and used in art to create different levels of depth. The Wedgwood company dates back to 1759 when its founder, Josiah Wedgwood I, aged just 29, started as an independent potter in Burslem, England.

Fast forward over 260 years later and Wedgwood is still producing many of the classics dating back to the early years. Jasper, the most famous of Josiah's inventions, first appeared in 1774 after thousands of experiments.

An unglazed vitreous fine stoneware, it was made in blue, green, lilac, yellow, black or white; sometimes one piece combined three or more of these colors. Upon these delicately coloured grounds would be applied the classical and contemporary reliefs which are still made today from molds reproduced from the originals.

The iconic light blue jasper gave rise to the expression "Wedgwood Blue" and remains a recognizable Wedgwood signature worldwide. Jasper dip and solid jasper are two different kinds of Wedgwood jasperware. Both have white classical designs on a coloured background, and look similar to non-experts. If in doubt you are always safe calling this style of pottery jasperware. After secret experiments in the early 1770s, blending clays with other ingredients, Wedgwood produced a range of hard stoneware with an unglazed, matt blue or slate-coloured finish, and white scenes, figures and motifs in a neoclassical style. Most of the designs were carefully sculpted copies of classical Roman or Greek ceramics - pottery in "antique form" as it was called then. The color was incorporated in the basic mix for solid jasper. This formula was expensive to manufacture and Wedgwood soon developed an alternative - the jasper dip, or surface jasper. This was a way of tinting only the visible surface, leaving backs and insides un-coloured. As well as light Wedgwood blue, colors used for jasper dip during this period included deep blue, lilac, olive, light green, black, pink, and yellow. Solid Jasper can be found in these colors as well.