Date:1990 - 1995 (c.)
Description:Applying designs to plates at Wedgwood by the use of a multi-bump machine. Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. He started his own pottery business at Ivy House in Burslem in 1759. As Wedgwood experiment with new techniques and glazes, his business expanded and he moved to the Brick House or Bell works in 1762. In 1766 he began to plan a new factory on the Ridge House estate, which he named 'Etruria' after the ancient Etruscan potters. The present factory was built 1938 - 1940 on the Barlaston estate, purchased from the Broughton- Adderley family in 1936. The move from Etruria only took place in 1950, due to the intervention of the Second World War.
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Model of the new Wedgwood factory and estate at Barlaston. Josiah Wedgwood (1730 ...
Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. He ...
Frank Herriman was the last cooper to be employed by Wedgwood. He retired at Christmas ...
The operative in the foreground is applying a gold line to the edge of the bone ...
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Image courtesy of: Wedgwood Museum
Donor ref:Wedgwood No., PT00543, img: 2788 (18/3163)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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