Wedgwood

[ wej-woo d ]

/ ˈwɛdʒˌwʊd /

noun

Josiah,1730–95, English potter.

Trademark. a brand of ceramic ware made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors.

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Examples from the Web for wedgwood

It is said of Wedgwood that he copied and imitated everything worth imitating.
The Ceramic Art|Jennie J. Young
After Wedgwood discovered young Flaxman he gave him some orders.
The Boyhood of Great Inventors|A. Fraser Robertson
The spirit of classicism was in the air in the days of Wedgwood.
Chats on Old Earthenware|Arthur Hayden
Palissy and Wedgwood are names that ought to be venerated by every artisan.
Knowledge is Power:|Charles Knight

The work of Wedgwood is the only distinctively inventive contribution made to the china-making art.
The Story of Porcelain|Sara Ware Bassett

British Dictionary definitions for wedgwood (1 of 2)

Wedgwood

/ (ˈwɛdʒwʊd) /

noun

trademark

pottery produced, esp during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at the Wedgwood factories
such pottery having applied classical decoration in white on a blue or other coloured ground

adjective

relating to or characteristic of such potteryWedgwood blue

British Dictionary definitions for wedgwood (2 of 2)

Wedgwood

/ (ˈwɛdʒwʊd) /

noun

Josiah. 1730–95, British potter and industrialist, who founded several pottery works near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire

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Word Origin and History for wedgwood

wedgwood

type of English pottery, 1787, from Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), English potter.