most people think of the blue and white Jasperware the company is famous for,
all images courtesy of the V&A Wedgwood Collection, but this colour just did not happen, above Jasperware
trials, mounted on a wooden tray, Wedgwood created around 5,000 trial pieces in the process of
perfecting creamware, and nearly 3,000 individual trials were required to
innovate jasperware. Numerous trays of the samples are preserved by the
V&A,
tray of clay and Jasper Trials, ceramic, Etruria (1773), “Each piece features a number that corresponds to an entry
in an experiment book, housed in the V&A Wedgwood Collection archive,” the
V&A says. “Josiah wrote his experiments in secret code because of the risk
of industrial espionage.”
tray of clay and Jasper Trials, ceramic, Etruria (1773), Many trial trays were found in Wedgwood’s Etruria factory
and are now on display at the V&A as part of World of Wedgwood in
Stoke-on-Trent, where Wedgwood brand pottery is still produced,
trial tray, underglaze blue and green enamels on ceramic, Etruria (1760-1765),
tray of coloured glazes on coloured clay bodies trials, Etruria (1760-1765), also worthy of note is that the Victoria and Albert Museum, which stewards more than 175,000 works of art, ceramics, manuscripts, and photographs in the V&A Wedgwood Collection.
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