English Dry-Bodied Stoneware

by Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampson

Book Overview

English dry-bodied stoneware was the ultimate ceramic expression of the neoclassical wave which erupted in England and on the Continent in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially basalt commanded the scene, with its imposing black stoneware forms imitating Greek vases. However, it was Wedgwood's invention of the jasper body which was to be the tour de force associated with his name. Wedgwood's jasper vases, purchased by gentry and nobility alike, were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851492887
• ISBN13: 9781851492886
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Acc Art Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.1"