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Comment by vicki hufstetler on September 20, 2009 at 8:08pm

Hi, A client at the appraisal fair I did yesterday had this beautiful Italian Micro Mosaic on slate. I found out a couple of interesting things but wondered if any of you had more experience with this art form?

Comment by vicki hufstetler on September 20, 2009 at 8:06pm

Comment by valentinus Tonny yuswanto on September 11, 2009 at 9:38pm

for sale The cracle bowl is called Ge bowl of 16th-17th century Ching dynasty, the dimension is 18 cms/D if you are interesting please contact me at, keriswoswutah@yahoo.com

Comment by C. Dianne Zweig Editor's Desk on February 9, 2009 at 1:10pm

There are two new groups at Iantiqeuonline.com that members of this group may be interested in knowing about:
Antique American Art Pottery and the other is British Ceramics and Australian Pottery. Go to Groups (top of your page+ and and join these groups today.

Diane, Editor

Comment by vicki hufstetler on February 9, 2009 at 11:26am

Beautiful Pieces Nicholas! Thank you for sharing with us!

Comment by Nicholas Zumbulyadis on February 8, 2009 at 4:02pm

I added two more images to my slide show above: Set of four Meissen tea bowls and saucers, underglaze blue Rock and Bird (Fels und Vogel) pattern circa 1720, gilding added later in the workshop of the Seuter brothers (Augsburg) around 1730. The close up shows tooling of the gold surface, work of Bartholomaeus Seuter.

Comment by vicki hufstetler on February 7, 2009 at 6:10pm

Hi Nick, Thank you so much for the great information! It is very interesting!

Comment by Walter Del Pellegrino on February 7, 2009 at 5:23pm

Would someone be kind enough to clarify what I thought were significant differences between the terms and techniques of pate sur pate and Jasperware?
I had thought that Jasperware, developed by Wedgwood, was used as a manufacturing process used on stoneware products whereas pate sur pate, as refined by Solon, while he was at Serves and later at Minton, was a quite different process.
Thank you

Comment by Nicholas Zumbulyadis on February 7, 2009 at 4:53pm

Thanks, Walter.

The cup and saucer set shown in the three photos just posted exemplifies the imitation of Wedgwood's jasperware by Europe's leading porcelain manufactories, in this case Meissen.

Two hundred fifty years ago, in 1759, Josiah Wedgwood opened The Ivy House Works, and soon thereafter dominated the European markets with his legendary stoneware. Jasperware, described by Wedgwood in 1776, soon became immensely popular with the middle classes, and much to the dismay of Count Marcolini, the then director of the Meissen Manufactory, the Saxon market was flooded with English stoneware. Steep duties introduced at Marcolini’s behest, and further increased in 1783, could not stop the influx of Wedgwood ware. Marcolini’s response was to begin production of Meissen biscuit porcelain decorated in the manner of Wedgwood (known in German as Meissen in Wedgwoodart) sometime during 1792. The French Sevres manufactory produced similar objects.
The cup is 4 in. high, with a volute, partially gilt handle terminating in a leaf-shaped thumb rest. There is a rosette in gold and white at the bottom of its gilt interior. The saucer is 5.5 in. in diameter. Details of the crossed swords mark date this cup/saucer set to the second quarter of the 19th century. The numbers and letter in overglaze black could be either a décor number or an inventory number affixed by a previous owner.

Comment by Walter Whinnery on February 7, 2009 at 4:21pm

Photos at top of some excellent early Meissen Jasperware, courtesy of Nicholas.

Nicholas, would you graciously elaborate on the pieces for everyone?

Thank you!

Walter

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