A round blue cameo-style brooch with a silver-toned border and white classical scene detail, resting on an open vintage book page with printed text and an illustration.

Wedgwood Blue Jasperware Brooch in Sterling Silver Beaded Frame, Classical Processional Scene, Impressed Wedgwood England Mark, Date Letter, Hallmarked Silver

£150.00
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A round blue cameo-style brooch with a silver-toned border and white classical scene detail, resting on an open vintage book page with printed text and an illustration.
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Wedgwood Blue Jasperware Brooch in Sterling Silver Beaded Frame, Classical Processional Scene, Impressed Wedgwood England Mark, Date Letter, Hallmarked Silver

Wedgwood Blue Jasperware Brooch in Sterling Silver Beaded Frame, Classical Processional Scene, Impressed Wedgwood England Mark, Date Letter, Hallmarked Silver

£150.00
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Description

Wedgwood made the blue. A silversmith made it wearable. Both knew what they were doing.

A Wedgwood blue jasperware brooch mounted in a sterling silver beaded frame: the jasperware an oval plaque in the classic mid-blue ground with white sprig relief, the scene a multi-figure neoclassical processional — five or six figures in classical dress moving across a ground line, a figure with a lyre or harp among them, attendants and a seated figure completing the composition. The subject is drawn from Wedgwood's neoclassical pattern library, itself derived from the antique sources that obsessed 18th-century Europe. The blue is vivid and completely even; the white relief is crisp and clean, the figure detail sharp and undiminished.

The frame is a continuous beaded milgrain oval border in sterling silver, the beads tight and even around the full perimeter, the silver carrying a soft natural oxidation in the bead recesses that confirms both age and genuine metal. The reverse shows the Wedgwood impressed mark — WEDGWOOD, ENGLAND, and a date letter — clearly legible on the jasperware back. The silver frame carries hallmarks to the inner rim. The brooch fitting is a hinged roller-pin with a folding safety catch, both intact and fully functional.

The Particulars:

  • Maker: Wedgwood; impressed mark WEDGWOOD / ENGLAND / date letter to reverse of jasperware
  • Material: Blue jasperware plaque; sterling silver beaded oval frame; hallmarked silver to inner frame rim
  • Scene: Multi-figure neoclassical classical processional; figures with lyre, attendants, seated figure; white sprig relief on mid-blue ground
  • Fitting: Hinged roller-pin brooch with folding safety catch; intact and functional
  • Condition: Excellent. Jasperware vivid and undamaged; relief crisp; silver frame intact; fitting fully functional. Please review all photos carefully before purchasing.
  • Period: 20th century; date letter present on jasperware reverse

Wedgwood's blue has not changed since Josiah first fired it. This piece proves it.

Arrives tucked inside its own treasure coffin and carefully wrapped as a vault relic.

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