Wedgwood and Royalty
Please join the Wedgwood Society of Boston’s video-conference, Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, for a special lecture on “Wedgwood and Royalty” presented by a former department curator at the British Museum and author, Aileen Dawson. It will explore the continuing relationship of the Wedgwood factory to the British royal family from the early days up to the present time. Portraits of numerous members of the royal family reflect their popularity and signal significant royal events, whilst services ordered for tea-drinking, dining, or even for use in the dairy at Windsor all contribute to a fascinating story of the British monarchy and Wedgwood, the most iconic Staffordshire pottery.
Aileen Dawson, FSA, D.Litt., is a former curator in the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at the British Museum where she was responsible for collections dating between 1660-1800. She graduated from St Hilda’s College, Oxford, before working for the National Trust at Waddesdon Manor, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Ceramics Department under Robert Charleston and John Mallet. She has published widely on Wedgwood, French Porcelain, English and Irish Delftware and many other aspects of ceramic and glass history, was a Getty Scholar and has lectured in the USA, Australia and Europe.
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