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Wedgwood

Posted: April 24, 2009 at 1:07 pm | Filed under: Ceramics and Pottery

Wedgwood is a famous pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood. For about 250 years already, many Wedgwood pottery products are now considered antiques. Antiques are considered antiques when they reach at least 100 years of age. Every Wedgwood piece is accurately dated in order to label product and the level of its antiqueness.

For more than two centuries, people collect Wedgwood because of its rarity in terms of the design and style. In fact, just a few years after it had started, Josiah had been receiving orders of pottery products from wealthy merchants and families, and eventually influential people in the history. Today, it has become among the favorite antique pieces by many antique collectors. Interior designers and affluent families likewise include it into their house motif and collection.

Among his famous pieces are the Egyptian wares, Black Basalt, Portland vase, and Jasperware to name a few. Each was highly noted for the value. He wanted to produce only the best, so he made rare pieces in small numbers to boost the value of the Wedgwood. However, because of its popularity, many pottery manufacturers copied the works in order to join the craze and scrape some profits for themselves. To avoid confusion among avid antique collectors, each design is signed by Josiah Wedgwood in order to identify the original pieces.