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josiah wedgwood famous potters of stoke-on-trent wedgwood index page josiah wedgwood josiah wedgwood josiah wedgwood english potter, whose works are among the finest examples of ceramic art. wedgwood was born in burslem , staffordshire, on july , , into a family with a long tradition as potters. at the
charlotte that in she appointed him royal supplier of dinnerware. from the public sale of queen's ware , as it came to be known, wedgwood was able, in , to build near stoke-on-trent a village, which he named etruria, and a second factory equipped with tools and ovens of his own design. at first only ornamental...
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