Group of Six Wedgewood Ceramics

£5,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

From Old Wedgewood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work, in Colour and Relief, invented and produced by Josiah Wedgewood, at Etruria, in Staffordshire, 1760-1794. The author of this work was a famous ceramic dealer who travelled all over the world collecting Wedgewood. Josiah Wedgwood FRS (1730-1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed improved pottery bodies by systematic experimentation, and was the leader in the industrialisation of the manufacture of European pottery. Six original chromolithographs by W. Griggs; sheet size: 50.5cm x 38cm; framed and glazed, overall size: 65 x 52 cm x 1.5cm.

• Binding: Hardcover

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