Wedgwood: An introduction
Wedgwood: An introduction
Learn about the history of Wedgwood and how the company evolved through three centuries of design
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Fire your imagination with the V&A Wedgwood Collection. Discover a story of centuries of creativity and community, of changing tastes, industry and society, in the heart of the Staffordshire Potteries.
Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent
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The Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion
The Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion
Discover more about Wedgwood's anti-slavery medallion – a forerunner of the protest badge
Wedgwood's ceramic manufacturing archive
Wedgwood's ceramic manufacturing archive
Discover "one of the most complete ceramic manufacturing archives in existence"
Another brick in the wall? Tracing the story of Hamlet Wood through the V&A Wedgwood Collection
Another brick in the wall? Tracing the story of Hamlet Wood through the V&A Wedgwood Collection
Uncovering the story of Wedgwood employee Hamlet Wood, who appears in an inscription on a brick in the collection.
From the Collections
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'Variations on a Geometric Theme' plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1970, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Portland Vase, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1793, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England -
Wedgwood family portrait, oil painting, by George Stubbs, 1780, England -
Lessore Vase, painted by Emile Aubert Lessore, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, about 1863, England -
Anti-slavery medallion, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1787, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Teapot moulded in the shape of a cauliflower, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1765, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Jasperware trials mounted on a wooden tray, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1773 – 76, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Teapot, designed by Douglas Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1906 -
Detail of 'Fairyland Lustre' bowl, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1923, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, England
From the blog
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V&A Wedgwood Collection: 10 years in 10 objects
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People of Wedgwood: Harry Barnard and his Trip to Australia
Header image: V&A Wedgwood Collection. Photograph: Morgan McMahon / V&A