2022-1-16
这是一把十八世纪英国出产的珍珠瓷(Pearlware)老茶壶,传统的说法认为是韦奇伍德瓷器厂早年(1779)发明的最出名的一种白色和蓝白色的瓷器,式样是当时流行的新古典主义风格,采用了众多古罗马、古希腊、古埃及的主题,设计得非常典雅,称为珍珠白(Pearl White)。最新的说法认为这种瓷器的发明,早于韦奇伍德,叫中国釉 (China Glaze),用的是釉下青花。
英国夏洛蒂王后因为喜欢这种瓷器,特许韦其伍德冠以王后陶瓷(Queen's Ware),韦其伍德陶瓷因次才具有皇家地位并热销整个西方。1774年,韦其伍德为俄国女皇卡特琳娜制作了一组绘有英国风景画的952件套米白色餐具,精致的设计和原创的描绘,更使得韦其伍德瓷器声名大振,获得了巨大的商业成功。下面是稍后一些时候生产的,画法更精细,可是也略微匠气了。而且未必就一定是韦奇伍德厂家生产的,更多的是普莱德瓷(Pratt Ware),只入火两次,因此价格便宜。
但尽管如此,是这种简单的设计风格和釉下彩瓷器烧制方式,使得昂贵的瓷器,可以进入寻常百姓之家,尤其是英伦叁岛以外的瓷器收藏者手中。
Later designs of the 1830s show flower patterns in a remarkably modern and somewhat oversimplified manner. This type of ware is rarely met with in English collections but is encountered in almost every archaeological assemblage recorded in the USA from the first half of the 19th century, and in many museum and private collections. Marked wares are rare, but they were in the repertoire of almost every manufacturer.