WEDGWOOD STYLE Technique: This technique attempted to imitate Josiah Wedgwood’s Jasperware. The cameo and decorations on Jasperware were created using white low-relief sprig decoration that were “pasted” onto the body of the ware, which was stoneware. They also made reverse color decors.

In contrast, Nippon pieces began with a porcelain vessel painted in the background color. Slip was used to create the Wedgwood like décor. Thinner slip (Hakeme?) was painted onto the ware with a brush. Clay slip was “trailed” onto the body by using the itchin (or icchin) tool. This  conical bag was filled with slip and fitted with an appropriately sized brass tip over the hole at the small end. The artist applied pressure to force slip through the brass fitting onto the body of the ware. Bamboo spatulas were used at times. In *Joan’s book 3, she asserts that some small ornamentation was sprigged, much like Jasperware. To replicate the soft feel of Jasperware, the piece was given a matte finish. Nippon Wedgwood, unlike Jasperware, often incorporated a scene or flower motif using transfer paper. Backstamps found on these wares are mostly from 1911 and 1921, like Green JVP 47 – M in Wreath and earlier – Blue JVP 52; as well as others which are rarely found.

*The Collector’s Encyclopedia of NIPPON Porcelain, 3^rd Series, Collector Books, P.O. Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009, 1986, pg. 20.

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