Peggy Kerner Next meeting: Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. edt. Wedgwood Royalty by Aileen Dawson. Wedgwood and Royalty Please join the WSB video-conference on 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 … Read more
Next meeting: Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. est. Shell-Shock: Centuries of Wedgwood’s Shell Fancying by Adele Barnett. Adele has been a past president of WSB, the founder of the Wedgwood Society of Washington, D.C., and has served on the boards of many related organizations. She was the creator and editor of the “Capital Wedgwoodian”newsletter, has … Read more
Shell-Shock: Centuries of Wedgwood’s Shell Fancying Some wonder why shell-shaped objects have had a strong presence in the Wedgwood company’s product range for over the last two and a half centuries. It all began with Josiah Wedgwood I himself. His inspiration for creating such specimens in the clay form was his fondness at an early … Read more
September, 2023
Next meeting: Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. est. ”The Ark” : Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933-1945 by Michael Ruddy, archives assistant and cataloguer at the V&A Wedgwood Collection, Stoke on Trent, England. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87408588076?pwd=S1NieGR4SUlxeWFmZnVRNDNIaUdFZz09 Meeting ID: 87408588076 Passcode: 917539
“The Ark”: Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933-1945 The WSB will host a fascinating lecture on Sunday, November 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. EST, via video-conferencing. Lecturer Michael Ruddy, archives assistant and cataloguer at the V&A Wedgwood Collection, Stoke-on-Trent. England, will present “The Ark”: Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933-1945”. Michael holds a MA in museum studies from … Read more
2023-2024 Program Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. Members’ Participation: “Annual Wedgwood Bits & Pieces”; to be held in-person at the Dedham Museum and Archives, Dedham, MA Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. Michael Ruddy, V&A archives: “The Ark” Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933-1945; to be held via Zoom Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. Adele … Read more
Annual Bits & Pieces The WSB will meet “in-person” for the opening of its 2023-24 season with the annual “Bits & Pieces” session, to be held on Sunday, September 17, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, at the Dedham Museum and Archives, Dedham, Massachusetts. For this popular show and tell format, attendees bring one or two … Read more
2023 Annual Summer Social The closing event of the WSB 2022-2023 season is the first Annual Summer Social, to be held in York, Maine, on Sunday, July 16th. Registration forms were mailed to members with a reminder that spaces are limited. The full-day program includes visits to two private Wedgwood collections and a catered New England … Read more
The loss of a Wedgwood legend The Wedgwood Society of Boston is saddened to learn of the death of member Suzanne Borow Rubin on May 24, 2023. Our heartfelt condolences go out to her husband Ellis and family. We will miss her, dearly. You can read the full obituary here.
