Wedgwood Jasper Jewellery
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wedgwood jasper brooch
I know Wedgwood jasper jewellery is a very popular collectable from antique Victorian pieces through the 20th century jasper cameos set into silver and through to the designer pieces of the last few years. These cameos are sprigged in the same way as Wedgwood jasper vases and tableware, that is the designs are created as separate pieces and then applied to the body. The jewellery also come in all the colours of Wedgwood jasper but it is most usual to see it in blue.
I have just acquired a lovely selection of 20th century Wedgwood jasper rings and Wedgwood jasper brooches from the early 1970s. You can find most of the pieces for sale in my shop in the vintage jewellery section.
I am fascinated by the range of designs available on these pieces – have you seen the lady and dolphin ( or grotesque fish / monster) brooch ? If you have any pieces of wedgwood jewellery with unusual designs please do send me a .jpg photo. I want to create a gallery on here of the designs and identify what the pictures symbolise.
Hi Anne,
I think that’s a marvelous idea of creating a gallery of Wedgwood designs. I have one at http://www.antiquingonline.com/cgi.bin/Web_store/Html/sk4041.htm .
The scene is taken from a Pompeian wall painting discovered in 1759. Wedgwood did his version of it and included it in his catalog in both 1787 and in 1873, so the scene has been around for a long time. The scene itself shows a woman selling cupids as love tokens. It was a very popular cameo.
Rowan’s book on cameos has some more information (p.45)