Vintage Wedgwood Cameos at Ferian

Ferian’s designer, Leonie Branston, has a special interest in preserving and reframing British craft in minimal settings for the modern collector.

Our vintage Wedgwood cameos have been collected over many years and date from the 1950s to the 1980s. Many are dated and stamped with the potter’s mark on the reverse. Each is hand-set into our jewellery and features heraldic, nature or nautical motifs, as well as classical scenes reminiscent of the Grand Tour and Greek myths, and horses, a reference to Wedgwood’s collaboration with the artist George Stubbs.

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was a potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist who transformed ceramic production in Britain. He founded his pottery in 1759, and his pioneering spirit helped turn a cottage industry into an internationally celebrated art form. Captivated by Roman and Greek artefacts, he drew on classical influences, yet his wares were also practical and durable, made to be used and passed down through generations.

His best-known innovation, Jasperware, is a fine, unglazed stoneware with a distinctive matt finish, perfected in the 1770s after thousands of experiments. It comes in a range of colours, including dark blue (known as Portland blue), lilac, sage green, yellow and black, but the most famous is the pale blue now known worldwide as Wedgwood blue. The white bas-relief motifs are moulded, applied to the body by hand, and then fired in the kiln.

The Wedgwood Collection, one of the most important ceramic archives in the world, is now owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum and displayed at the World of Wedgwood in Barlaston, Staffordshire.

These miniature works of ceramic art represent a piece of British ceramic history.

Please note: This product is not manufactured or authorised by Wedgwood. It is a Ferian piece incorporating an original vintage Wedgwood cameo.