Josiah Wedgwood's innovative products gained popularity and by 1763, he was filling orders for kings, queens and nobles. Courtesy of Wedgwood, WWRD When Josiah Wedgwood, an apprentice potter in ...

The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain. By Tristram Hunt. Metropolitan Books; 352 pages; $29.99. Allen Lane; £25 ONE HALF of the world, wrote Jane Austen, cannot ...

Q-I recently started collecting Wedgwood pottery and would like to learn more about the history, age, designs and background of such pieces. What are the best sources, publications or other venues to ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. After creating the Harlem Toile pattern 17 years ago, New York designer ...

JAKARTA, IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — For more than two centuries, Waterford crystal and Wedgwood china have been symbols of Irish and British craftsmanship. Now, their future may lie in Asia.

My husband and I received two Wedgwood cups and saucers as wedding gifts – one set with Mr. Pickwick on them and the other with Mr. Micawber. There is a No. 637 stamped into the bottom of each saucer.

Josiah Wedgwood, of Wedgwood pottery fame, was also a staunch abolitionist and designed this medallion to further the cause. National Museum of American History A few years ago, it was those silicone ...

It has to be one of the more surprising sights for customers popping into A.S. Cooper and Sons main store on Front Street — a Wedgwood potter busily throwing pots and preparing delicate clay moulds of ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Pottery giant Wedgwood is 'pausing production' at its North Staffordshire factory - until 2026. The decision means pottery will not be produced at Wedgwood's Barlaston HQ between September 29 and ...