Antique 1815 Chrysanthemum Factory early Jasperware stoneware jug

Superb Very Rare British Antique

early smooth Jasperware large jug
Chrysanthemum Factory
(so-called because of the design of the pad mark)
made by Charles Bourne and Chetham & Robinson
circa 1815

(Ref the Northern Ceramic Society Newsletter 158) 
BRITISH CLASSICS BLUE Jasperware WITH WHITE DECO

This jug is nearly 200 years old!




Jug in superb condition
Everything about this jug just superb
Jug body made on the turning table (not molded) with the molded handle hand attached.
Mouth of the jug hand shaped and attached to the turned body.
Jug is well-produced and the relief work finely executed.
The popular sky blue colour is darker in items dating from the early 1800s.
Inside the jug near the top rim small firing cracks can be found indicating early jasperware on larger items.
Jug has smooth finish of Early jasperware.
Jug has no damage and looks like has been kept as showpiece without actually using it.



Bottom has only manufacturer's impressed number mark(most of the Turner jasperware marked only with impressed numbers)

Approx. 23 centimeters height, 17 centimeters in diameter at the widest
and 25 centimeters at the widest including handle
Heavy 1.3 kilos without packaging



Wedgwood's Jasper ware, in more or less continuous production from the 1770s to the present day, is so characteristic of the factory's output that to many people it is known simply as Wedgwood.
Jasper ware, in full production for more than 200 years, provides a rich field for the collector. Although 18th century pieces tend to be prohibitively priced, and are rarely encountered outside auction rooms, a great many attractive 19th century pieces can be found in antiques shops and at good quality antiques fairs. You'll find collecting jasper ware easier if you specialize in something - unusual colours, perhaps, or particular items such as medallions, candlesticks or clock cases. It largely depends on what you like, and how you want to display it. Whatever you decide on, though, make sure that any items you buy bear the impressed Wedgwood mark, that the relief moulding is crisp and clearly defined and that the surface, too, is smooth and free of wave and scouring marks. Jasper ware was much imitated from 1775 onwards, notably by William Adams of Tunstall. Turner produced very valuable and rare copies in brighter, darker blues. Much early imitation Jasper, particularly that by Adams, Turner & Co, was well-produced and the relief work finely executed. Several 19th-century potters, particularly Dudson, continued to sincerely flatter Wedgwood in this way.