A forerunner of the protest badge, Wedgwood's anti-slavery medallions were distributed for free at abolitionist society meetings to promote the cause. 'Am I Not a Man and a Brother?' ‘Am I Not a Man ...

The story of the medallion has been the focus of a V&A research project which saw the medallion reimagined for the 21st century, with a new medallion designed by young people from Stoke-on-Trent and ...

In answer to that, one can argue that the most innovative and important work was made under Josiah’s leadership. Wedgwood jasperware coffee cup and saucer from the Lady Lever Art Gallery collection ...

Great Britain, a model to the world, must not stoop so low. The name Wedgwood brings to mind exquisite blue-and-white jasperware, but when Josiah Wedgwood was born into a family of potters in 1730, ...

Lady Lever Art Gallery houses the finest collection of Wedgwood jasperware in the world. Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) stands unrivalled as the greatest English potter. He not only invented and ...

Wedgwood experimented with barium sulphate (caulk), and from it produced jasper, in 1773. Jasperware, which is used for a whole host of ornaments, blends metallic oxides, often blue, with ...

A luxury collection of fine-bone china and iconic jasperware decorative items continues to be made in England by skilled craftsmen at the Barlaston factory situated on the Wedgwood Estate, ...

But Wedgwood worked out how to dye the clay with metal oxides before firing it, producing an oddly translucent effect. "Jasperware" came in a distinctive light blue, with white decorations in ...

For example, this Wedgwood vase from 1769, painted with orange encaustic enamel to mimic Ancient Greek frescoes, sold for ...

A luxury collection of fine-bone china and iconic jasperware decorative items continues to be made in England by skilled craftsmen at the Barlaston factory situated on the Wedgwood Estate, ...

Around 3,500 objects are on display, showcasing the commercial and aesthetic history of Wedgwood ceramics from iconic jasperware and black basalt vases and ornaments, to bone china tea-sets and ...

a colour first developed during Josiah Wedgwood’s trials creating his neoclassical ‘Jasperware’ in the 1770s. Each piece is completed with a ‘Palace Wedgwood’ mark of authenticity, pointed out by ...