There Were Two Etruria Pottery Works
Pictured: Wedgwood’s Etruria Works in 1898 on the Trent & Mersey canal The first was the...
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Month: March 2013
The Wedgwood Barlaston Factory Staffordshire
A three hundred and eighty two acre estate located near the village of Barlaston, Staffordshire....
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The sagger and the bottom knocker
What is a saggarmaker’s bottom knocker? What’s My Line? was a Classic British...
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The Meissen Augustus Rex Mark (AR)
The augustus rex mark or monogram (AR) was introduced by Meissen in the first half of the 18th...
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The Life of Clarice Cliff
In 1930, when Clarice Cliff became Art Director of Newport Pottery, she achieved the distinction...
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The Best of British – Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood the genius and innovative potter invented creamware in c1770. Wedgwood was...
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Susie Cooper 1902–1995
A prolific English ceramics desigtner working in the Stoke on Trent pottery industry from the...
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Reign period and dynasty marks on Chinese porcelain 1403-1909
One of the first steps in determining the age of Chinese porcelain is to look at the bottom of the...
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Real Wedgwood and Marks
Is it real Wedgwood? The Wedgwood Collector is faced with many imitators and unscrupulous rival...
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