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Wedgwood Jasper Cameos and Cameo Medallions 
(Continued from page 72) 
objects were catalogued by 1777. 
Their best period was from 1780 to 
1795, 1787 marking the year when 
Wedgwood had completely mastered 
the art of the jasper cameos and 
cameo medallions. There were then 
some 1,032 subjects listed—subjects 
drawn from Egyptian mythology, 
Roman and Greek mythology, sacri¬ 
fices, ancient philosophers, poets and 
orators, sovereigns of Macedonia, 
Fabulous Age of Greece, Wars of 
Troy, Roman history, masks, chi- 
maeras, etc., illustrious moderns, and 
so on. 
Even originally the small cameos 
were not cheap in price. In whole¬ 
sale lots of ten some five shillings 
apiece was asked for them by Wedg¬ 
wood. Unfortunately all the cameo 
subjects are not now to be identi¬ 
fied completely, even where given in 
the old catalogue, as no descriptions 
were placed on the subjects sold to 
the general public to identify them 
with the catalogue entries. 
Cameos and cameo medallions and 
plaquettes were made both in solid 
jasper and in dip jasper. The for¬ 
mer ceramic paste was colored clear 
through, while the latter was surface 
colored only. Wedgwood employed 
some of the most famous designers 
of his day, among them John Flax- 
man, William Hackwood, Roubiliac, 
James Tassie, John Bacon, Thomas 
Stothard, Webber, Pacetti, George 
Stubbs, William Greatback, Devere, 
Angelini and Dalmazzoni, and such 
gifted amateurs as Lady Templeton 
and Lady Diana Beauclerk drew for 
him. 
The small cameos were fired but 
once; the large cameo medallions and 
the plaquettes were given a second 
firing. Line old Wedgwood is as 
soft as satin to the touch, and most 
of it was left with a dull matt sur¬ 
face, although jasper is capable of 
receiving a high polish on the lapi¬ 
dary's wheel. While some few pieces 
of Wedgwood were not marked, 
nearly all of it was, though the col¬ 
lector should he told that many imi¬ 
tated pieces have borne the name 
spelled with an e after the g, thus : 
Wedgewood. No genuine Wedg¬ 
wood, old or modern, bears other 
spelling of the name than Wedg¬ 
wood. 
Answers to Inquiries 
R. A. R.—The plates you describe 
would be of the following dates and 
have these probable values: Willow- 
pattern plate, marked E. B. and J. E. 
L., late Nineteenth Century, Stafford¬ 
shire, worth about $3; Willow-pat¬ 
tern soup plate, not in demand by 
collectors (because of the shape), 
same make, same period, about $1.50; 
deep-blue Adam plate, Staffordshire, 
1810 to 1820, about $5; Spode soup 
plate, early Nineteenth Century, about 
$3; Lafayette plate, Clews, early 
Nineteenth Century, Staffordshire, 
$10 to $15, depending upon condition; 
Mulberry plate, Staffordshire, color 
not in demand by collectors, about 
$2; dark-blue Staffordshire ironstone 
plate, J. L. & Co., late Nineteenth 
Century, value about $3 ; maker unre¬ 
corded, Staffordshire plate; Nine¬ 
teenth Century, marked “Athens,” H. 
A. & Co., about $3; Willow-pattern 
Adams make, about 1840, value about 
$5; plate with onion design, about $5. 
Your drawing is not sufficiently defi¬ 
nite for us to determine the make. 
The numbers indicated though are 
merely factory design numbers. 
D. G.—Possibly the most famous 
public exhibition of old silver is in 
the South Kensington Museum in 
London, while without doubt, it is 
said, the most valuable collection is 
owned by the present English mon¬ 
arch, King George V, whose silver 
and gold plate is valued at over 
$5,000,000. 
C. S.—The Bennington vases, if 
about 6" high, would be worth 
possibly $35 a pair, judging from 
your description; if larger, up to $75 
a pair. Their interest would lie 
chiefly in their being perfect exam¬ 
ples of an early American pottery. 
P. FI. L.—The clavichord is un¬ 
questionably the earliest key-board 
stringed instrument, it having been 
developed from the monochord, used 
to teach singing in monasteries and 
church schools. It appears to have 
come into use in the latter part of the 
Fourteenth Century, but it was not 
until the Eighteenth Century that it 
was fully developed and improved. 
T. C.—Eigures were always a spe¬ 
cialty of Derby porcelain, the most 
sought after perhaps being those 
1 known as “Derby Biscuit Figures,” 
modeled by such artists as Spengler, 
Coffee and Stephen, and finished 
without either coloring or glazing. 
The best period of these was be¬ 
tween 1770 and 1800, when the bis¬ 
cuit was characterized by a soft, 
translucent waxy tone with a suspi- 
sion, at times, of a slight glaze. The 
glazed and enameled Derby groups 
followed the traditions of Dresden 
and Chelsea in thin modeling and 
coloring. 
C. T. F.—The steel line and stipple 
engraving by F. Stackpoole, “Launch¬ 
ing the Life Boat,” would have very 
little commercial value here in the 
United States, as there is no demand 
for such works. Engravings of this 
character which brought $35 and $40 
apiece thirty or forty years ago, now 
bring about $2 each at public sale, and 
by engravers as well known as Stack¬ 
poole. Regarding II. Schaefer as a 
water colorist, we can find no record 
of his work here. The only record 
sale by a German artist of that name 
was of an oil painting (37x23(4) at 
the Macmillan sale (1912-1913) enti¬ 
tled “Roman Maidens,” by H. 
Thomas Schaefer. It is possible this 
may be the artist you refer to, but as 
a painter of figure subjects, it is 
hardly probable. As this picture sold 
for $250, a water-color by the same 
man would bring very much less. We 
could not give you even an approxi¬ 
mate value for a water-color interior 
of “Toledo Cathedral, Spain,” with¬ 
out seeing the picture and knowing 
who painted it. Cathedral water-color 
views can be bought for $25 and up¬ 
wards, but they are subjects not much 
sought after. 
E. J. B.—The copy of “Brother 
Jonathan,” July 4, 1846, while not 
rare, is scarce and would probably he 
worth $2. This was not a regular 
publication, hut was issued at irregu¬ 
lar intervals and in very large size. 
Its field was not that of the ordinary 
newspaper, although patriotic in char¬ 
acter. 
L. E. H. C.—Veils such as you de¬ 
scribe can be bought for $50 now, in 
perfect condition, and no doubt yours 
would be worth that, if a purchaser 
could be found. There is, however, 
very little demand for such things or 
for real black lace, generally. 
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