Object of the Day, Museum Edition: A Jasperware Stickpin, 1795



Stickpin
Jasperware and Gold
1795
Wedgwood and Sons
The Victoria & Albert Museum

 Made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons in 1795, this gorgeous stickpin features a jasperware plaque of Princes Alexander and Constantine of Russia in profile. The traditional Wedgwood blue and white palette is beautifully offset by the ovoid gold frame and pin.


This pin is part of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Ceramics Room as opposed to the jewelry collection, showing that stickpins cross between media and show themselves as important objects –artistically and historically—in a variety of spotlights.