Wedgwood Blue Jasperware Display Plate

Offered for sale is a blue Jasperware display plate by Wedgwood. It features scenes of cherubim at play with Cupid to the centre, finished off with garlands and scallop shells. Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s. Usually described as stoneware, it has an unglazed matte "biscuit" finish and is produced in a number of different colours, of which the most common and best known is a pale blue that has become known as Wedgwood Blue. Relief decorations in contrasting colours (typically in white but also in other colours) are characteristic of jasperware, giving a cameo effect. The reliefs are produced in moulds and applied to the ware as sprigs. This particular example dates from Mid 20th Century.