Wedgwood

[wej-woo d]

noun

Josiah,1730–95, English potter.
Trademark. a brand of ceramic ware made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors.

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In the last house of all was an elaborate ceiling after the style of Wedgwood.
Chelsea
G. E. (Geraldine Edith) Mitton
And among others on whom they called were the Wedgwood potters.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13
Elbert Hubbard
Wedgwood had not only to educate his workmen, but he had also to educate the public.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13
Elbert Hubbard
Occasionally, Wedgwood taught the designing classes, himself.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13
Elbert Hubbard
I am greater in china; may not I look at the Wedgwood first?
Phoebe, Junior
Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for wedgwood

Wedgwood

noun

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

adjective

relating to or characteristic of such potteryWedgwood blue

Wedgwood

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

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