This resulted in a product with a matt appearance and an outstanding and particularly refined decoration. Since this stoneware is impenetrable, it was no longer necessary to use a glaze. On a body of clear blue stoneware, lace-like decorations printed in special molds are applied in the color white, making them stand out beautifully. One of his most famous inventions is the so-called jasper ware. In Josiah Wedgwood's famous factory in Barlaston, England, numerous new types of ceramics were developed since the mid-eighteenth century. They were only smoked on special occasions and were given a safe place behind a glass door of the display case. As a showpiece, these kind of pipes often have a long life. It might be a special gift for her father, husband or otherwise for a staff member who received the pipe after years of loyal service. It indicates that this item was commissioned and provided with the name of the donor. On the upper winding the inscription FRANCES HIGGANS 1820 is placed on demand. The stem is painted with dots, stripes and zigzag lines. The main shape is a lying oval of three turns with pieces turned on both sides, the oval is filled with braid, even on the inside. On the bowl we see on both sides embossed a standing man with three leaves in hand. The pipe bowl itself has a so-called curved shape that is characteristic of the English pipes from the first half of the nineteenth century. The stem end is smoothed for the smoker with some red sealing wax. This specimen clearly shows the deposit of countless times of cautious smoking. Yet it is a fully functioning tobacco pipe and they were also normally smoked. The object has a clear view side which emphasize the show function of this pipe. Besides numerous ellipses your eyes will make all kinds of hairpin bends and zigzag movements. Such a coiled pipe is depicted here and when you follow with your eye the path from mouthpiece to the pipe bowl, it will make you dizzy. The art was in coiling in the most intricate forms. That puzzle ware is not made by hand as one would expect, but with the aid of an ingenious device with which endlessly long stems can be produced. More surprising are the so-called puzzle pipes, whose stems are twisted and woven into imaginative motifs. They are serial items that were in high demand, especially among the rural people, as an entertaining decorative item. Many of these snake pipes were made into two halves in a printing mould and then joined together. They were dotted in under glaze colours with a preference for ochre and blue, the colours green and brown are less common. The best known are the pipes in the shape of a curled snake, the pipe bowl appears from the mouth of the animal, the tail is the mouthpiece. The most famous family that made this ware was Pratt, which is why the Englishman often speaks of Prattware, although the word Staffordshire remains more accurate. Tobacco pipes are included in the supply between 17. In addition, the figuration of the products became a passion in itself. In the course of time, the potters gained ample experience in working with colourful under glaze. The ceramic tradition in Staffordshire developed so well thanks to the fine plastic clay that was locally extracted and which produced a beautiful white baking product. The pipe depicted here meets all aspects of this definition. In the narrow sense, the term Staffordshire also stands for folk ceramics that are often formed in figures and provided with coloured glaze. In six places close to each other, of which Hanley and Stoke are the best known, earthenware has been made in a great variety for centuries. The term Staffordshire pottery is a collective name for ceramics from the English region of Staffordshire.
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