But Wedgwood worked out how to dye the clay with metal oxides before firing it, producing an oddly translucent effect. "Jasperware" came in a distinctive light blue, with white decorations in ...

For example, this Wedgwood vase from 1769, painted with orange encaustic enamel to mimic Ancient Greek frescoes, sold for ...

Alongside, Palace has designed a special-edition skateboard in Wedgwood blue, a colour first developed during Josiah Wedgwood’s trials creating his neoclassical ‘Jasperware’ in the 1770s. Each piece ...