326 THE WEDGWOODS. 



ware, as well as imitation of agate, porphyry, and other 

 specimens of Wedgwood's manufacture of different periods. 



The accompanying illustration shows two patterns of one 

 of the most minute and most exquisitely beautiful of the 

 productions to which tHe jasper ware was applied viz., 

 beads for the neck and for bracelets. Those here exhibited 



are engraved from examples in the possession of my friend 

 Dr. Davis, F.S.A., and others are to be seen in various 

 collections. The body is the blue, or other coloured jasper, 

 and the foliage and ornaments are raised in white. 



One notable feature of the jasper ware, besides those ot 

 its extreme beauty and its many remarkable properties, is 

 its applicability to such a variety of, and such widely 

 different, articles. From the lofty pedestaled vase down to 

 the minutest bead, scarcely larger than a pea; from the 

 bold and massive frieze down to the most delicate ear-drop ; 

 and from the large inlaid plaque of the chimney-piece down 

 to the most exquisitely and almost microscopically decorated 

 settings for jewellery, the jasper possessed, and possesses 

 (for it is still made), greater capability and adaptability than 

 any other ware which has ever been, or apparently can be, 

 invented. It is well, perhaps, to say a few words on these 

 different varieties of goods produced by Wedgwood, that the 

 uninitiated as well as collectors may know something of 

 the extent to which this branch of ornamental art was 

 carried by its great master. 



Wedgwood divided his ornamental productions into twenty 



