Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he turned to design and management instead. It is said he often used his stick to smash items that he felt were not good enough. Contacted the Cherokees Indians to find a source of the whitest possible clay. His London showrooms became a fashionable place to visit. Flaxman, Stubbs and Lady Diana Beauclerk all provided designs for him. Promoter of social reform and active in the fight against the slave trade. Wedgwood is nowadays compared with Henry Ford for his innovative introduction of methods of mass production.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Josiah Wedgwood
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Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
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Piers Nicholson
Sundial designer. Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers. His website. The photo is dated 2011. Son of environmentalist Max Nicholson.
Omar Ramsden
Silversmith. Born Sheffield but spent some of his childhood in America. Had studios in Chelsea and then Fulham, with a staff of up to 20. He was a designer and businessman. There's a suggestion...
Metropolitan Works
From their website: "Metropolitan Works – now part of CassWorks – is London’s leading Creative Industries Centre, helping students, designers and manufacturers develop ideas...."
Kenwood and Sons
Stonemasons of Greenford. Made the replacement 2010 WW1 memorial at Willesden bus garage.
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Sir Sydney Waterlow - SW1 statue
SW1, Palace Street, Westminster City School
This statue is a copy of the one in Highgate.
Carpenters' Hall - Vanbrugh
EC2, London Wall, 1 Throgmorton Avenue
The building projects over the pavement with an arched colonnade for pedestrians. On the keystone of each arch, at the ends and along the...