Josiah Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood British

18th century

Not on view

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Title: Josiah Wedgwood
Artist: Josiah Wedgwood (British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
Date: 18th century
Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Medium: Basalt ware
Dimensions: Framed: 5 × 4 1/4 in. (12.7 × 10.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
Object Number: 50.187.13
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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An Address to the Workmen in the Pottery on the Subject of Entering into the Service of Foreign Manufacturers, Josiah Wedgwood British, Printed book, Newcastle: J. Smith, 1783 (1st ed.) — An Address to the Workmen in the Pottery on the Subject of Entering into the Service of Foreign Manufacturers
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