HISTORY:
My wife has now handed me a piece of "slightly different" Jasperware, in Sage Green. While this colouring is not uncommon, it is less common than the Blue. Yes, as can be seen from the photograph I took immediately at the time she handed this dish to me, she used to keep a little bit of "day jewellery" in the dish! Of course, the jewellery is not included with this dish.
So, just who are those ladies in the centre of the heart shaped dish?
This is a Greek neoclassical scene, typically used on many Wedgwood jasperware pieces and this particular pattern is often referred to as "The Three Graces"
These are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, being Aglaea (representing Elegance) Euphrosyne (representing Mirth) and Thalia who represented Youth and Beauty.
WEDGWOOD - Heart Shaped Dish
Made in England
Sage Green Jasperware
Design: The Three Graces
Circa 1950's (estimated, see below regarding my backstamp comments)
DIMENSIONS:
106mm wide (widest point) x 114mm length
BACKSTAMP DETAILS:
The stamped impression underneath clearly indicates WEDGWOOD MADE IN ENGLAND however the two character code below this is far from certain ... it just doesn't look like two numerals (as I would have expected) but instead one character is something like a "speech bubble"! and the other perhaps an F but not a numeral - I just cannot figure them out, even when viewed under a magnifying glass.This photograph probably will not help much but this is a view of the underside for those who want to try and figure out the coding used.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
CLEAN
NO chips or roughness around the edges
NO discolouration to the relief or central White colouring.
NO cracks
NO damage to the relief artwork, that is the outer wreath pattern nor the inner "Three Graces"
HOWEVER ... something I noticed, up on the topside on one side is a short quite indistinct "mark". I have tried to photograph this mark, it cannot be felt to the touch and looking very closely with a magnifying glass it is perhaps the result of something being rubbed across the surface but it has not damaged or broken the surface, it has just created this "change of colour" (slightly darker) where this mark is. So the dish is not perfect!
I guess that when filled with all that jewellery, it didn't matter or get noticed by my wife!
