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Pearlware jug

Josiah Wedgwood, Wedgwood pottery, 1796

The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield

Pearlware is an improved type of creamware containing a larger quantity of flint and white clay in the body and cobalt added to the glaze to counteract the creamy tone. Stamped on the base: 'Wedgwood & Co, made by Tomlinson, Foster Wedgwood and Co of Ferrybridge', the period when Ralph, nephew of Josiah, was working there. The jug is inscribed James Bouskil, Bardsea, 1796. Wakefield Art Gallery is currently closed and will open in 2011 as The Hepworth Wakefield.

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Title of artwork, date

Pearlware jug, 1796

Date supported

1985

Medium and material

Pearlware

Dimensions

19 x 15 cm

Grant

400

Total cost

480

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