Jasperware, type of fine-grained, unglazed stoneware introduced by the English potter Josiah Wedgwood in 1775 as the result of a long series of experiments aimed at discovering the techniques of porcelain manufacture. Its name derives from the fact that it resembles the natural stone jasper in its hardness.Jasperware, type of fine-grained, unglazed stoneware introduced by the English potter Josiah Wedgwood

What are the colors of Wedgwood Jasperware?

The fired body is naturally white but usually stained with metallic oxide colors; its most common shade is pale blue, but dark blue, lilac, sage green (described as sea-green by Wedgwood), black, and yellow are also used, with sage green due to chromium oxide, blue to cobalt oxide, and lilac to manganese oxide, with

What is the rarest Wedgewood color?

Red In most collectors books, the clear majority of Wedgwood pieces pictured fall in this color category. This is no surprise: up until the very end of jasper production, dark blue was by far the most popular and best-selling color. Red is considered the rarest and the most darling of colors.