Wedgwood

[ wej-wood ]

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noun

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

Wedgwood

/ ˈwɛdʒwʊd /

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

Wedgwood

/ ˈwɛdʒwʊd /

WedgwoodJosiah17301795MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: potterBUSINESS: industrialist Josiah. 1730–95, British potter and industrialist, who founded several pottery works near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire

The English potter and ceramist Josiah Wedgwood loved the meander.

On 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 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.

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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