Wedgwood Blue Jasperware Kidney Shaped Trinket Box & Tray

Offered for sale is a Wedgwood Blue Jasperware kidney shaped trinket box & circular pin tray. It features classical images of cherubs and the winged horse Pegasus. Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s. Usually described as stoneware, it has an unglazed matte "biscuit" finish and is produced in a number of different colours, of which the most common and best known is a pale blue that has become known as Wedgwood Blue Relief decorations in contrasting colours (typically in white but also in other colours) are characteristic of jasperware, giving a cameo effect. The reliefs are produced in moulds and applied to the ware as sprigs. The trinket box is 180mm wide and 40mm high. The tray is 110mm wide.