Blue Chapoo Bowl/platter Ca. 1750/1800′s. € 125.-
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J. Wedgwood flow blue platter. Marked CHAPOO ironstone. J.Wedgwood. 10 1/8″ x 7 3/8″. The platter has repairs, so not perfect.
Josiah Wedgwood was born into a family of potters on 12 July 1730, at Burslem, Staffordshire. His father’s death in 1739 led him to an early start working as a ‘thrower’ in the pottery of his eldest brother, Thomas, to whom he was later apprenticed. An attack of smallpox seriously weakened Josiah, and in 1768 he had to have his right leg amputated. This meant he was forced to abandon throwing, but he subsequently gained a wider insight into the potter’s craft – for example the work of the ‘modeller’ – and this encouraged his love of experimentation. When Wedgwood died on 3rd January 1795 he left a thriving business and a fortune to his children.
