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3 giorni fa · Josiah Wedgwood died in 1795, but the company he founded would live on as one of the most iconic brands in British history. Under the leadership of his descendants, Wedgwood continued to innovate in both design and production throughout the 19th century. The company took full advantage of the new technologies of the industrial age, investing in ...
3 giorni fa · Melancholy Wedgwood (MIT Press, 2024) is an experimental biography of the ceramics entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood that reveals the tenuous relationship of eighteenth-century England to late-capitalist modernity. It traces the multiple strands in the life of the ceramic entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795) to propose an alternative view of ...
3 giorni fa · 3. Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) Potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood transformed the English ceramics industry into an international enterprise. Wedgwood pioneered many modern marketing techniques like money-back guarantees, free delivery, and "buy one get one free" offers. His high-quality pottery appealed to royalty and nobility ...
1 giorno fa · Just when you think one can’t stretch the clay any further, you get to a display about Josiah Wedgwood and his innovative Jasperware that became the rage around the world in the 18th century. (The V&A also has an outpost in Stoke-on-Trent dedicated entirely to Wedgwood).
5 giorni fa · March 16, 1617. Birth of Thomas Wedgwood I. Burslem, Staffordshire, England. Genealogy for Gilbert Wedgwood, Yeoman of Burslem, GGF of Josiah Wedgwood the Potter and Ancesto (1588 - 1678) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
22 ore fa · As Martin Gilbert describes, “On 8 June 1937… at a private dinner given by Sir Archibald Sinclair at which Churchill was present, as well as James de Rothschild and several parliamentary supporters of Zionism: Leo Amery, Clement Attlee, Colonel Josiah Wedgwood and Captain Victor Cazalet”, Churchill told Weizmann “‘You know, you are our masters…’ and he added, pointing to those ...
22 ore fa · 29th May 2024. Meet Jenni the Deputy Manager of our Potteries Centre shop. Our shops. “I like the care and compassion I see at Emmaus. We just want to get the Emmaus name out there and raise as much as we can to help vulnerable families and people locally.”. Jenni Hayward is the Deputy Manager of our shop in the Potteries Centre, Hanley.
