Something Blue…
Join us for the next ZOOM lecture of the WSB to be held Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. EDST, when Ben Miller, ceramics curator, will present, ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: The Wedgwood Collection at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.’ The origins of the ceramics collection at this museum in Stoke-on-Trent, England, are as fascinating and varied as the ceramics themselves. Its collection of Wedgwood wares is no exception. Amassed over 3 centuries through bequests, gifts and purchases, the Wedgwood collection helps to tell the story of the Father of the Potteries and his company over its 266-year existence.
Ben Miller, Ceramics Curator and Programme Manager for Stoke Museums Service has worked with ceramics collections since 2012 starting his career as Assistant at The Wedgwood Museum during which time he was able to research a wide variety of topics across the Wedgwood collection and archive. In 2015 he joined the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery as Assistant Curator of Ceramics and has since worked on a number of exhibitions and given talks to collectors’ societies. In 2022 he became Ceramics Curator and Programme Manager for Stoke Museums Service with responsibilities across the services’ four museums. Ben holds a BA from Keele University and a MA from Birmingham University’s Ironbridge Institute.
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