Spoon, jasperware, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria, 1785
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1785
This coloured tea caddy spoon is moulded in the form of a pectern shell. Josiah Wedgwood had many interests - but conchology, or shell-collecting, really fired his imagination. His close observations of these natural forms directly inspired him, and later generations, to produce shapes and surface decoration inspired by what he called these '...beautiful mansions.' The spoon is made of Jasperware.
Jasperware, a high-fired stoneware, was invented by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s. It could be coloured with a range of mineral oxide stains. Yellow-brown jasper spoon moulded in the form of a pectern shell with decoration on the handle Found on Etruria Factory works
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Moulded and dyed jasperware
- Dimensions
- Width: 38 mm; Length: 90 mm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Josiah Wedgwood and Sons
- Place recorded
- Etruria
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- WEDGWOOD'
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O1738501
- Museum object name
- Spoon
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- WE.7809-2014
- Museum system number
- O1738501
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.