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Wedgwood Ware (Shire Library)
Robert Copeland
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Description for Wedgwood Ware (Shire Library)
Paperback. This book reviews and illustrates the Wedgwood products from the nineteenth century to the resurgence after 1904. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 40 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: WCN; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 161 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128. New.
Josiah Wedgwood I was born into a family of potters and became the finest marketing man of his era. His pioneering spirit built up the most important English pottery business of the eighteenth century so that the name Wedgwood became a generic word for fine earthenware. He is justly famous for perfecting the Black Basalt and Jasper stoneware bodies and for producing many designs based on the antique artefacts excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum. This book also reviews and illustrates the firm's products through the nineteenth century, the designs of Lessore, Dresser, Crane and Barnard, the resurgence after 1904 when ... Read more
Josiah Wedgwood I was born into a family of potters and became the finest marketing man of his era. His pioneering spirit built up the most important English pottery business of the eighteenth century so that the name Wedgwood became a generic word for fine earthenware. He is justly famous for perfecting the Black Basalt and Jasper stoneware bodies and for producing many designs based on the antique artefacts excavated at Pompeii and Herculaneum. This book also reviews and illustrates the firm's products through the nineteenth century, the designs of Lessore, Dresser, Crane and Barnard, the resurgence after 1904 when ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Shire album
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747806127
SKU
9780747806127
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Robert Copeland
Robert Copeland, sone of Gresham Copeland, partner in the family-owned Spode Factory in Stoke on Trent, joined the firm in 1943. He spent three years learning the processes of manufacture and developed a keen interest and respect for all aspects of the pottery industry. He is now historical consultant to Spode Ltd.
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