Wedgwood Jasper

Wedgwood Jasper

Famous Glassware Makers

Glassware has been an important facets of our lives for centuries. We use them for dining, entertaining or as beatific forms of decorations. Glassware manufacturers have over the years, created glassware as both functional and decorative. Let us look at some of the most famous glassware makers, of designs have been highly praised and prized.

Murano glass is synonym with elegance and refinement. The Venetian island of Murano, situated off shore of Venice, Italy has been producing high-quality glassware for centuries. In present times, Murano is still the number one destination for those who appreciate and collect high-end glassware and jewelry.

In the 9th century Rome, glassmaking in Murano, influenced heavily by both Asian and Muslim heritage, began to take effect. Glassmakers were re-located to the island of Murano in 1291 because of fire threats. Till today, Murano glass is still very much interwoven with Venetian glass. At the culmination of the 16th century, more than seven thousand of the island's citizens were very much ensconced in the glassmaking industry, making them the island's most prominent inhabitants. They are however, forbidden from leaving the Republic, although they enjoyed many perks such as persecution. Many of their daughters also married into Venice's most affluent families.

The glassmakers of Murano redefined numerous technologies on enamelled, crystalline, aventurine and multi-colored glass. Through them, glassware was embellished with glass gemstones and threads of gold. The glassware artists of Murano, over the centuries, and to this day, utilize age-old techniques to produce exquisite chandeliers, wine stoppers, elegant figurines and art glass of breath taking proportions.

Tiffany glass is another glassware maker that has endured the test of time. Founded by Louis Comfort Tiffany, he created highly-dramatic glassware in his studio from 1878 to 1933. Tiffany's head designer, Clara Driscoll, manufactured the coveted leaded glass Tifanny lamps from 1909. Both Louis and Clare are heralded as America's most famous glass artists of all time.

Tiffany was and still is famous for its opalescent glass and Favrile glass created in 1880. Favrile was taken from the French term 'fabrile', meaning handcrafted. Ring mottle glass, invented in the early 20th century, was also another Tiffany trademark, although this glass art form was forgotten when the Tiffany studios was closed in 1928. The art was revived in the late 1960s by Eric Lovell of Uroboros Glass.

Another famous glassware contender would have to be Waterford Crystal, the makers of crystal glassware in Waterford, Ireland. Waterford Crystal moved its flagship factories to Germany and Czech Republic after the factory in Ireland was shut down after the Waterford Wedgwood Receivership in 2009.

Waterford Crystal began its history in 1783 by George and William Penrose, who created exquisite flint glass renowned the world over. Although the factory closed its doors in 1851, the art was continued by Charles Bacik, and with the help of designer friend Miroslav Havel, the Company continued the legacy of making crystal glassware. The Irish Glass Bottle Company took over in the early 50s.

Famous designer Jasper Conran began creating a signature range for Waterford Crystal and Wedgwood in 1999.

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Wedgwood Jasperware $13.22 'Jasper' refers to the highly distinctive blue-and-white wares that have been produced by the Wedgwood company for more than two centuries. It was arguably Josiah Wedgwood's most important contribution to ceramic art and was a direct result of several thousand experiments over many years. It has been by far the most widely collected of all Wedgwood products, and this book will explore the history and stories behind this unique ware.

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Veronica Wedgwood $95.59 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Dame (Cicely) Veronica Wedgwood Hon. D.Litt OM DBE (20 July 1910 9 March 1997) was an English historian who generally published under the name C. V. Wedgwood. She specialized in European history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including her stillauthoritative study The Thirty Years War (1938 and many later reprintings) and biographies of Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, William the Silent, and Cardinal Richelieu. Thirty years after she published her muchpraised biography of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, she returned to the subject and published a muchrevised version that was considerably more critical of her subject. Historians often cite Wedgwoods two lives of Strafford as an illustration of scholarly integrity and openmindedness. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 134 Publication Date: 2010/08/09 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.31 inches

Wedgwood: Artistry and Innovation $22.76 Wedgwood has long been the gold standard in ceramics, an exemplar of English craftsmanship famed for its iconic blue-and-white patterns and unique glazes, and for the company's leading role in the industrialization of what was once an artisan trade, which so revolutionized the English ceramics industry in the eighteenth century. In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Josiah Wedgwood's founding of the world-famous china and crystal production house, this volume features nearly 100 examples of the finest Wedgwood holdings from the Royal Ontario Museum's collection. Included are well-loved classics such as pieces of "Queen's Ware" from the table of Catherine the Great, copies of the famed "Portland Vase," a black basalt relief that weighs over 800 pounds, exquisite cameo medallions and jewelry, and examples of contemporary Wedgwood pieces.