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
Rye Pottery Rye Pottery The Rye Pottery is a pottery in Rye, East Sussex, England. During the 19th and early 20th centuries it produced earthenware in a distinctive style of applied relief decoration, which was marketed as "Sussex Rustic Ware". For most of this period it was under the ownership of members of the Mitchell family. The pottery closed in 1939, but was revived after the end of the Second World War by the brothers Walter and John Cole, who became known for their tinglazed wares. The Rye pottery has its origins in a pottery and brickworks at Cadborough Farm, just to