#wedgewood pottery

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The famous anti-slavery token made by the Wedgewood pottery in 1787 entitled 'Am I not a Man and a Brother?' was popular among abolitionists in England. But it would be 1838 before a coin was struck for enslaved women's rights – 'Am I not a Woman and a Sister?' – and then it was made for the American Anti-Slavery Society and popular in America.

English elite women did not feel a sisterhood with women of a lower class or another race. Elite women called for political rights for their own class, not for anyone else. They even used the example of slavery to support their campaign – comparing their inequality to slavery.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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23rd October 2023

Some pretty vintage things.

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Teacup names

names related to teacups/tea sets.

Albert

Aynsley

Bamboo

China

Chip

Clay

Cup

Cloisonne

Chalice

Ceramic

Courney

Delicate

Demitasse

Doulton

Enamel

Fanquare

Glass

Gracie

Goblet

Kettle

Lacquer

Limoge

Locke

Meissen

Mug

Porcelain

Pot

Potter

Pottery

Royal

Shelley

Teacup

Tumbler

Teetasse

Tekop / Tekopp

Teekuppi

Wedgewood

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It's Staffordshire Day!

Apparently it's Staffordshire Day on the 1st May! First I've heard of it, but let me celebrate my home county:

This is Staffordshire:

It used to be a whole lot bigger, but they lopped off most of the Black Country and stuck that into the West Midlands in 1974. Bye bye to Walsall and Willenhall and Wolverhampton.

Places:

Stafford: the county town- suffers from traffic problems and has a 19th c replica of an ancient castle. I met my future husband for the very first time in the train station here, but I can't tell you any more about the place since I've never really been. Maybe it's really interesting; maybe I'm missing out.

Stoke-on-Trent: the potteries. You've probably heard of this place. Famous for Wedgewood, Moorcroft, Spode, Royal Doulton, Emma Bridgewater etc, etc. They really dig ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent. Has a football team with a hippo for a mascot (The Potters-hippopotamus-geddit?) and it's really five towns (is it six now?) melded into one city. Parts of the city look like some kind of post-apocalyptic wasteland but it has an excellent museum with some of the Staffordshire Hoard on display. Treat yourself to an oatcake somewhere and mourn the loss of the Leopard pub in Burslem, where great 18th c minds met to plan wonderful engineering works like the Trent and Mersey canal.

Tamworth- it's got a snowdome, it's close to Birmingham and currently has a popular Tiktok jacket potato man to visit. Can't tell you any more as I don't think I've ever actually been to Tamworth... actually that's a lie, since I went ice-skating at the snowdome on a school trip when I was 11.

Burton- they make beer here. Brewing's big business in Burton. It's in the East of the county and again, I can't tell you more since I don't frequent Burton... ever.

Lichfield- historic, founded way back when by religious types and has a cathedral dedicated to St Chad. Known as the 'ladies of the vale', Lichfield cathedral sports not one, not two, but three spires. Bit greedy really, but looks nice. It has a nice spring bank Bower festival every year where it always seems to rain. The potato man here is pretty good... I wonder if he's still in business. Be sure to stop by Erasmus Darwin's house and admire the statue of Samuel Johnson, Lichfield's most famous son. Also make time to go to the park and admire the statue of Capt John Smith of Titanic fame. I don't think he had any connection to Lichfield, but apparently Stoke didn't want the statue so Lichfield took it.

Burntwood- really a collection of former mining villages, there's a lot of houses here and not much else: no history, no culture, nada. A place for people to live and to dream about living somewhere more interesting and where people speak with less awful accents. Or that might've just been me. You will never have heard of this place and will have no reason to ever visit unless your mum still lives there.

Biddulph- small market town. Has Biddulph Grange NT garden. Very nice. Good display of tulips and rhododendrons in the spring. Once heard it described as a 'poor man's Bodnant' but really, we can't all be Bodnant and anyway, there's room for all sorts of gardens in this world.

Leek- another small market town. Nice bookshop. Don't mention roundabouts. People in this town really know how to hold a grudge about roundabouts. Famous for the double sunset each midsummer. Obviously it's usually cloudy and everyone misses the double sunset but it happens nonetheless.

Assorted lovely little villages dotting the place. Lots of nice ones up in the Moorlands.

OTHER STAFFORDSHIRE THINGS!

Staffordshire Bull Terrier- not my kind of dog, I'm afraid, but they're pretty popular.

Staffordshire oat cake: it's an oatmeal pancake filled with warm and savoury stuff. I like cheese and mushroom personally, but I reckon bacon and ham and whatever is most popular. Can also get a sweet filling, like nutella. A North Staffordshire delicacy, the Hairy Bikers made these in Lichfield for their TV show once, much to the confusion of the locals. South Staffordshire holds no truck with oatcakes apparently.

The Staffordshire Hoard: oh, only the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found in this country. Imagine being the detectorist who found it, or the farmer whose land it was found on. Whew. I used to work at a riding stables in Hammerwich (where it was discovered). Imagine if I'd gone poking around in fields rather than picking poo in stables... anyway it's bloody impressive stuff.

Alton Towers- you might not have heard of Staffordshire, but you've heard of this place, eh? Our famous theme park. Must peeve the people of Alton off, all that traffic through their lovely little village. Still, I heard they get free entry to the park so... silver lining.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: RARE Vintage Wedgewood pottery cream on spruce Templeton Tray with cherubs.

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c1936 Wedgewood Etruria Pottery English Hunt Scene Pitcher with Hound Handle - Ode to Dye Ken John Peel 1829 Barlaston England

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage Wedgewood Blue and White Jasperware Pegasus, Mythological Trinket Box.

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12 July

David Douglas, Scottish botanist, for whom the Douglas Fir tree is named, died on this date in 1834 at the age of 35. He fell into an animal trap in Hawaii. It’s not known if he survived the fall, because he was crushed by a wild bull which fell into the trap on top of him.

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 12 July:

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Wedgwood brown/tan Jasperware cheese dome with plate. All decorated in various idyllic pastoral scenes along with repeating raised white accents of grapevines, leaves, grape clusters; vignettes of rural/farm animals including cows, sheep, buck, dogs, goats, trees. The dome is topped with a knotted rope finial. The under-plate is decorated with raised white accents of grapevines, grape leaves, and grape clusters which encircle the rim. height of dome 10.75 in. 17 cm., diameter of under-plate 12.3 in. 31 cm. https://www.gardencourtantiques.com/shop/wedgwood-brown-jasper-cheese-dome-late-19th-century/ . . . . . . . #wedgewood #jasperware #cheesedome #centerpiece #tabletop #tableware #countrykitchen #wedgewoodchina #ceramics #englishantiques #farmyard #pastoral #cows #ceramics #pottery #19thcentury #interiordesign #interiors #decor #winecountrydecor #interiordesigns #interior #decor #antiqueinteriors #sf #sanFrancisco #instainteriordesign #gardencourtsf #interior_design (at Garden Court Antiques) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNBJmpTsU9i/?igshid=4nttmw3m9ril

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Journey into Jasperware

This week, Bernadette tells us about a signature style of pottery developed in the late 1700s in "Journey into Jasperware"

Today, let’s talk about a very unique and interesting type of pottery called jasperware. Jasperware is a type of pottery that was developed in the 1770s by Josiah Wedgewood. The pottery is made with an unglazed matte finish and can be made in many colors, but is most recognizable in the signature light blue as seen below. Relief decoration is added to the pottery in a different color which…

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11th September 2023

A Wedgewood plate (ashtray) holding some journal supplies.

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Former pottery production site in Staffordshire then and now #wedgewood #pottery #potterylife #emmabridgewater #retail https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VWRi6pl_M/?igshid=1laa1osq6vtyy

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Treasure finds with @_federicoilaria_ . . . #wedgewood#katherinehousehospice#vintageheaven#pottery (at Katharine House Hospice Retail) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ujIBkJ68W/?igshid=144vq4pwyjvlj

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: RARE Vintage Wedgewood pottery cream on spruce Templeton Tray with cherubs.

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Almost every episode of Time Team:

Tony: The geophys results show something EXCITING, what looks like the remains of a stately roman villa that CLEARLY will show the origins of this HISTORIC site

Tony 3 days later: The geophys lied all we have is this piece of fake wedgewood pottery from 1996 and a broken TV aerial. The villa was a latrine. Phil dug a hole deeper than his shoulders and we can’t get him out. Boy that was FUN THOUGH WASN’T IT?

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Wedgewood Blue Jasperware Vase "Four Seasons" Made in England, 3.5" tall.