Sunday, June 11, 2006
Josiah Wedgwood: First name in Porcelain
By Silas Finch
Wedgwood was a family name long before it came as close as any surname can to being synonymous with a craft. Josiah Wedgwood was not even the first potter to bare the name. His great-great-grandfather, Gilbert is described in a surviving document as a master potter.
The man that would eventually be credited with bringing the industrial revolution to pottery was born in 1730. He was the youngest of the thirteen children of Thomas Wedgwood IV and his wife Mary nee Stringer. Josiah’s father owned a pottery firm called the Churchyard Works and was assisted by an older son also called Thomas.
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Wedgwood was a family name long before it came as close as any surname can to being synonymous with a craft. Josiah Wedgwood was not even the first potter to bare the name. His great-great-grandfather, Gilbert is described in a surviving document as a master potter.
The man that would eventually be credited with bringing the industrial revolution to pottery was born in 1730. He was the youngest of the thirteen children of Thomas Wedgwood IV and his wife Mary nee Stringer. Josiah’s father owned a pottery firm called the Churchyard Works and was assisted by an older son also called Thomas.
To read the rest of this article click here.
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