Wedgwood in Virginia: Highlights Above and Below Ground Please join the Wedgwood Society of Boston’s video-conference on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, for the Elizabeth Chellis Memorial lecture to be presented by Angelika Kuettner, associate curator of ceramics and glass at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. From molded dinner wares to transfer printed tankards, the … Read more
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 … 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
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 Eleanor Coade – Josiah Wedgwood Connection On Sunday, May 21, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. DST, the WSB will host via video-conferencing, “Who Was Eleanor Coade? Why Do We Care About Her? And, What Is The Connection To Josiah Wedgwood?”, a lecture presented by Peggy Kerner, historian, collector, and WSB board director. Today, it is not unusual for … 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
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
