Please note that some of our lectures continue to be held via video conferencing and all members receive an email notice with the ZOOM link. Otherwise, in-person meetings are held in the greater Boston area and are free and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated. Also note that the WSB now offers to its members the ability to enjoy past lectures they may have missed or wish to revisit. Please go to the Members Zone page and follow the easy instructions.
Next Meeting
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 at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, on Friday, the 18th
If you are not already a WSB member, we invite you to become one in time to attend these two Wedgwood-filled days. Simply click on “Become a Member” to join. You will then receive an email detailing the events.
Meeting and Lecture Schedule
2025-2026
Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. Members’ Participation: “Annual Wedgwood Bits & Pieces”; to be held remotely via Zoom.
Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 2:00 P.M. Nicholas Boston, “The Majolica Guru”, Author, Dealer in London: “Fashion, a Spotlight on 19th Century Majolica”; to be held via Zoom
Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. Jonathan Mallinson, Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford: “The Art of Icing: Trailed Slip Decoration”; to be held via Zoom
Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. Sandy Olubas, Collector and Lecturer: “Wedgwood and Wine”; to be held via Zoom
Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 2:00 P. M. The Elizabeth Chellis Memorial Lecture: Leslie Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics & Glass, Winterthur: “Blooms Transported: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament”; and “Annual General Meeting”; to be held via Zoom
Sunday, July 19, 2026, at 12:00 pm. Members & Guests Participation: “Fourth Annual Summer Social” location tbd
Highlights from Previous Meetings
Wörlitz by Harwood Johnson
Having visited Wörlitz in Germany, Woody Johnson shared the history and images of the Wedgwood objects acquired by Leopold III Friedrich Franz, Prince von Anhalt-Dessau (1740–1817). The 18th century palace and its collections still stand intact to this day. The example here is a pair of Wedgwood & Bentley variegated vases on basalt plinths.
Classic Black by Brian Gallagher
Curator Brian Gallagher of the Mint Museum, Charlotte, N.C., presented “Classic Black: The Basalt Sculpture of Wedgwood and His Contemporaries,” an exhibit he staged along with an accompanying book. Shown here is Somnus (the sleeping baby).