Peggy Kerner Wedgwood: Craft & Design Looking back at key moments in Wedgwood’s design history, this book, written by Catrin Jones, curator of the V&A Wedgwood Collection, celebrates the manufacturer’s visual power and great design from its founding in 1759 to the present day. It highlights the internationally renowned V&A Wedgwood Collection containing around 80,000 objects. Published … Read more
Submitted by Peggy Kerner I love this piece in my collection because it is so unusual. It is called a “Bouquetière” which is a fancy word from the French for flower pot. They are usually oval or round in shape, have a pierced lid to hold flower stems or branches, and were made in the late … Read more
Submitted by Ron Frazier Spotted by my son Forrest many years ago and knowing it was Wedgwood, he scooped the piece up. This Imari (Japanese) style 9” Vase is in a Pearl Ware body and has a production date-code of 1886. Imari style is based largely on two colors, a dark underglaze blue and a dark red, … Read more
Norman Wilson at Wedgwood On Sunday, March 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. EST, the WSB will host via video-conferencing, “Norman Wilson (1902-1985) at Wedgwood”, presented by V&A Wedgwood Collection Assistant Curator, Rebecca Klarner. She will be speaking about the impact of Wilson’s manufacturing improvements, the many great creations he enabled as Wedgwood’s Works Manager, and not … Read more
On Sunday, January 15, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. EST, the WSB will host via video-conferencing, “My Works at Wedgwood and Beyond: A Discussion with Dale Bowen”. Dale, a Staffordshire native, is a former Wedgwood master potter and specialist artist, most known for his sgraffito, slip painting, and pate-sur-pate style pottery. Currently, following his departure from Wedgwood … Read more
January, 2023 Three Generations of Wedgwood Lecture Review Rubins’ Massive Wedgwood Collection off to Auction. No images shown. Matches and Game Cards
On Sunday, November 13, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. EST, the WSB will host a video-conferenced lecture, “A Love Affair with Wedgwood Through the Generations,”presented by Liz Collins, WSB Vice President. It’s a personal story of how Liz’s grandparents, Captain Edward and Anne Holdstock, and her parents, John and Catherine Collins, acquired their collections and spurred the … Read more
Beyond Wedgwood Blue The Ruthmere Museum in Indiana held an exhibition, “Beyond Wedgwood Blue”. Now available is a catalogue that features highlights of the exhibit and the history of Wedgwood. Visit: http://ruthmere.wildapricot.org/Exhibit-Catalogues
September, 2022 Studio Potters If you missed her lecture to the WSB in May, Dr. Anne Forschler of the Birmingham Museum of Art summarized her talk on Wedgwood’s Studio Potters for your reading pleasure. Important Mirror A Massachusetts auction House offered an interesting Wedgwood mirror with notable provenance.
Remembering a friend: Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward We are most saddened to learn of the death of Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (January 11, 1927 – August 4, 2022), of Sebago Lake, Maine, and Wellesley, Mass. A WSB past president as well as that of WIS, she was a most gracious lady and Wedgwood legend, serving as mentor … Read more
