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The Story of Wedgwood & Majolica Pottery
During the second quarter of the 19th century, there was an explosion of interest in matters botanical and horticultural in Europe. The discovery of the process of plant reproduction by the botanist Robert Brown inspired English gardeners to construct greenhouses and fill them with a wonderful array of rare specimens. Minton & Company, one of Britain’s leading ceramic factories, created majolica urns, cachepots, garden seats and other [...] Click here to continue reading.
Wedgwood Carrara Ware
Parian was first marketed in 1846 by the British pottery firm of Copeland as a white porcelain-like body, slightly translucent. Named “Parian” by the Minton pottery, this ware was introduced by Wedgwood in 1848 as “Carrara Ware”. This pottery type has come to be known as Parian generically, regardless of manufactory, and in its pure white form, was used mainly for figures, groups and busts. Wedgwood also made other shapes in [...] Click here to continue reading.
Wedgwood played catch-up to the other Staffordshire potters in the manufacturing of a form of porcelain known as Bone China. Composed of china clay, feldspathic rock and bone ash (calcined animal bone), this porcelain was first introduced in 1799 by Josiah Spode. Bone china was a purer white in color, lighter in weight and less brittle than its oriental and continental European counterparts. Although factories at Chelsea, Derby and Lowestoft had been making a [...] Click here to continue reading.
Josiah Wedgwood & the Wedgwood Pottery
By Paul H. Lauer, New England p4A.com representative
Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795), with generations of potters behind him and generations to come, finished his apprenticeship and entered into business with one of the best potters of the time, Thomas Whieldon, in the early 1750′s for five years, producing among other things, the green glaze and mottled glaze tableware for which the partnership became known.
In 1768, Wedgwood went into [...] Click here to continue reading.
Frederick Walrath, potter
Frederick Walrath was a potter working between 1903 and 1918 in New York City, Rochester (New York) and at the Newcomb Pottery in New Orleans, Louisiana.
He specialized in flowing matte glaze studio pottery with limited production runs. Walrath was one of many influential potters who studied at the New York State School of Clay-Working and Ceramics (now Alfred University) with Charles Fergus “Daddy” Binns, the school’s director, commonly [...] Click here to continue reading.
The Scinde pattern is classified by Jeffrey B. Snyder as “Most sought after/Very Expensive” in his 1995 book “A Pocket Guide to Flow Blue” issued by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
The Lonsdale pattern is classified as “Available/Can by Completed” by Jeffrey B. Snyder in his 1995 “A Pocket Guide to Flow Blue” issued by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
The Japan pattern is classified by Jeffrey B. Snyder as “Least Expensive/Harder to Find” in his 1995 book “A Pocket Guide to Flow Blue” issued by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
The bamboo pattern is classified as “Least Expensive/Harder to Find” by Jeffrey B. Snyder in his 1995 “A Pocket Guide to Flow Blue” issued by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
The Alaska pattern is classified by Jeffrey B. Snyder as “Available/Can be Completed” in his 1995 book “A Pocket Guide to Flow Blue” issued by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
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