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Victor G. Skellern [1] (1909–1966) was a British ceramics designer and stained glass producer who was the art director at Wedgwood from 1934 to 1965. He helped to modernise Wedgwood, and his design work was a factor in the company's resurgence after 1935. He was also known for employing well-known designers from outside the company.
Susannah Margaretta "Daisy" Makeig-Jones (1881–1945) was a pottery designer for Wedgwood. [1] She is best known for her Fairyland Lustre series. [2] [3] [4]Makeig-Jones was born in Wath-upon-Dearne near Rotherham, Yorkshire, the eldest of seven children.
Elizabeth Upton, Baroness Templetown (née Boughton; 1746/47 – c. 30 September 1823) [1] [2] was an English artist whose designs were used by Josiah Wedgwood the potter. She specialised in detailed cut-paper work which adapted well to Wedgwood's jasperware with white bas relief scenes on coloured backgrounds. Wedgwood first chose one of her ...
Jasperware vase and cover, Wedgwood, about 1790, in the classic colours of white on "Wedgwood Blue". The design incorporates sprig casts of the muses supplied by John Flaxman, Sr. [1] Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s.
The pottery bodies were made and glazed in Wedgwood's Etruria Works in Stoke-on-Trent, but then taken to London to be painted at Wedgwood's workshop in Little Cheyne Row in Chelsea, opened in 1769. [20] They were then given a lighter second firing to fix the "enamel" overglaze decoration. Over 30 painters were employed for the service. [21]
William Hackwood (c. 1757–1839) was a modeller for Wedgwood from 1769 until 1832. He began work in the Etruria factory as an "ingenious boy", in Josiah Wedgwood's phrase, where he was "... of the greatest value and consequence in finishing fine small work." In time, he became head of ornamental art for the firm.
At 59 1/2x30x29 inches, it is one of the largest pieces ever produced by Wedgwood. This vase resides at the Birmingham Museum of Art , while its mate is located at the Wedgwood Museum in England. Émile-Aubert Lessore or Lessorre (1805 in Paris – 1876 in Marlotte ) was a French ceramic artist and painter.
A Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion was an abolitionist symbol produced and distributed by British potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood in 1787 as a seal for the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.