Wedgwood
Josiah, 1730–95, English potter.
Trademark. a brand of ceramic ware made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors.
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The English potter and ceramist Josiah Wedgwood loved the meander.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 9, 2012 | Nicholas Mancusi, Malcolm Jones | April 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOn January 29, 1839, Miss Emma Wedgwood became Mrs. Emma Darwin.
The clay used by Mr. Wedgwood to make his pyrometric test, run in a few seconds into a white enamel.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsThe most marked advance was due to one man—Josiah Wedgwood, who was born to the trade in 1730.
Stoke is situate in the county of Stafford, and has a great porcelain manufactory founded by Wedgwood.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
But M. Renan assigns to it not less importance than Mr. Wedgwood and Mr. Farrar.
Wedgwood, though too far off to be a member, was intimate with Darwin and associated in various enterprises with Boulton.
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British Dictionary definitions for Wedgwood (1 of 2)
/ (ˈwɛdʒwʊd) /
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
relating to or characteristic of such pottery: Wedgwood blue
British Dictionary definitions for Wedgwood (2 of 2)
/ (ˈwɛdʒwʊd) /
Josiah. 1730–95, British potter and industrialist, who founded several pottery works near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire
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