The Potter of Burslem
Josiah Wedgwood opened his first pottery works in Burslem, Staffordshire, in 1759. He became the most celebrated potter in English history — but what made...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Jeremiah 18:1-11.
Josiah Wedgwood opened his first pottery works in Burslem, Staffordshire, in 1759. He became the most celebrated potter in English history — but what made his factory remarkable wasn't just the beauty of his finished pieces. It was what happened to the failures. In the Wedgwood works, when a vessel came off the wheel misshapen or cracked during forming, the apprentices knew the routine.…
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