Wedgwood

[ wej-wood ]

noun

1. Josiah, 1730–95, English potter.
2. Trademark. a brand of ceramic ware made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors.

Wedgwood

¹

/ ˈwɛdʒwʊd /

noun

1. 1. pottery produced, esp during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at the Wedgwood factories
   2. such pottery having applied classical decoration in white on a blue or other coloured ground

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of such pottery

   Wedgwood blue

Wedgwood

²

/ ˈwɛdʒwʊd /

noun

1. WedgwoodJosiah17301795MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: potterBUSINESS: industrialist Josiah. 1730–95, British potter and industrialist, who founded several pottery works near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire

Example Sentences

The English potter and ceramist Josiah Wedgwood loved the meander.

From The Daily Beast

On January 29, 1839, Miss Emma Wedgwood became Mrs. Emma Darwin.

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The clay used by Mr. Wedgwood to make his pyrometric test, run in a few seconds into a white enamel.

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The most marked advance was due to one man—Josiah Wedgwood, who was born to the trade in 1730.

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Stoke is situate in the county of Stafford, and has a great porcelain manufactory founded by Wedgwood.

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But M. Renan assigns to it not less importance than Mr. Wedgwood and Mr. Farrar.

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Wedgwood, though too far off to be a member, was intimate with Darwin and associated in various enterprises with Boulton.

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