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Wedgwood's History: Where It All Began. Our story began in 1759 when our founder, Josiah Wedgwood I, aged just 29, started as an independent potter in Burslem, England. Fast forward over 260 years later and Wedgwood is still producing many of the materials Josiah invented, such as Jasper, Queen's Ware and Black Basalt.
Nachdem Josiah Wedgwood mit seinen Tonwarenfabriken recht großen Erfolg hatte, baute der englische Architekt Joseph Pickford für ihn von 1767 bis 1770 das Fabrikstädtchen Etruria Works und das Landhaus Etruria Hall in Staffordshire, wo er dann bis zu seinem Tode lebte und arbeitete. 1768 erfand er das nach ihm benannte Steingut, die Wedgwoodware, und 1782 ein Pyrometer.
28 ott 2021 · By Tristram Hunt. October 28, 2021. As a patriot, Nonconformist, internationalist and political reformer, Josiah Wedgwood was instantly sympathetic towards the growing calls for abolition. There were a couple of lines from William Cowper’s poem which might have made him reflect: “Think how many backs have smarted / For the sweets your cane ...
The youngest child of the potter Thomas Wedgwood, Josiah came from a family whose members had been potters since the 1600's. Baptised July 12, 1730, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. After his father's death in 1739, he worked in the family business at Churchyard Works, Burslem, becoming exceptionally skilful at the potter's wheel.
Josiah Wedgwood (12 tháng 7 năm 1730 - 3 tháng 1 năm 1795) là một thợ gốm và doanh nhân người Anh. Ông thành lập công ty Wedgwood. Ông có công trong việc công nghiệp hóa việc sản xuất gốm; "đó là bằng cách tăng cường phân công lao động mà Wedgwood đã làm giảm chi phí cho phép gốm của ông tìm được thị trường ở tất ...
Josiah Wedgwood ( 12. července 1730 – 3. ledna 1795) byl anglický hrnčíř, výrobce keramiky a průmyslník 18. století. Je znám svými aktivitami za zrušení otroctví. Byl členem rodiny Darwinů-Wedgwoodů. Byl otcem průkopníka fotografických postupů Thomase Wedgwooda a dědečkem přírodovědce Charlese Darwina a Emmy Darwinové.
In 1787, the Wedgwood ceramics firm issued a cameo medallion featuring a kneeling and shackled Black man with the inscription, "Am I not a man and a brother?" After its adoption as the seal of the London-based Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, the image became an emblem of the antislavery movements in Britain, France, and the United States.
