Jasperware Jasperware Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s. Usually described as stoneware, it has an unglazed matt "biscuit" finish and is produced in a number of different colours, of which the most common and best known is a pale blue that has become known as Wedgwood Blue. Relief decorations in contrasting colours (typically in white but also in other colours) are characteristic of jasperware, giving a cameo effect. The reliefs are produced in moulds and applied to the ware as sprigs. After several years of experiments, Wedgwood began to sell
Don Pottery the vicinity of the Don Pottery began making porcelain shortly afterwards, including the world-famous Rockingham Pottery. Don pottery porcelain which was produced between 1810 and 1830 was of a very high quality and was exported worldwide. Whilst the pottery was initially very successful, financial problems arose in the 1830s and the Greens were forced to sell the pottery in 1839, when it was purchased by Barker and Sons, who owned the nearby Mexborough Pottery. The factory was closed in 1893 as a result of further financial problems. Don Pottery The Don Pottery was a 19th-century manufacturer of porcelain, whose factory