The Third Annual WSB Summer Social This year’s members summer event will be held in Mystic, CT, on Saturday, July 19th. The program includes lunch at a local restaurant and viewing of a spectacular Wedgwood collection at a member’s home. There will also be a special private showing for WSB of Wedgwood and related material … Read more
Unpacking the V&A Wedgwood Collection, Part II On Sunday, May 18, at 2:00 p.m. ET, the WSB, in conjunction with the WSWDC, will welcome Michael Ruddy, Assistant Curator at the V&A Wedgwood Collection in Barlaston, England, who will present part-two of his lecture on “Unpacking the V&A Wedgwood Collection”. The lecture is an opportunity to see … Read more
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 … Read more
Fixed on Vases… The next lecture of the WSB takes place on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 2:00 pm EST, via ZOOM, when Harwood (Woody) Johnson will present his talk on, “All Eyes Were Fixed on the Vases: A Gift of Wedgwood Jasper for the Emperor of China in 1793″. In 1793, King George III sent Lord Macartney, ambassador to … Read more
Remembering Lucille Beeson The next lecture of the WSB will be presented by E. Bryding Adams, former curator of the Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, on Sunday, November 17, at 2:00 pm EST, via ZOOM. A casual talk, Bryding will share her relationship with “Lucille Stewart Beeson – Collector and … Read more
Annual Bits & Pieces The opening event of the WSB 2024-2025 season is the Annual Bits & Pieces, to be held on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. This popular meeting offers members the opportunity to present their latest or favorite Wedgwood object for discussion. This will be held via video conferencing and participants are … Read more
Second Annual Summer Social The closing event of the WSB 2023-2024 season is the Second Annual Summer Social, to be held in Westwood, Massachusetts, on Saturday, July 13th. Registration forms will be mailed in June. The program includes a luncheon at a private venue, followed by several collections at a member’s home. If you are … 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
“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
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
