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John Wedgwood, of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, admiring the J Lyons wedding cake, from a 1947 newspaper. This three-tiered cake, mounted on a silver stand was made by F E Jacobs, chief decorator of J Lyons’ Ornamental Department. It stood 1.8 metres high and weighed 63 kg.
The Darwin–Wedgwood family are members of two connected families, each noted for particular prominent 18th-century figures: Erasmus Darwin, a physician and natural philosopher, and Josiah Wedgwood FRS, a noted potter and founder of the eponymous Josiah Wedgwood & Sons pottery company.
Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood; 2 May 1808 – 2 October 1896) was an English woman who was the wife and first cousin of Charles Darwin. They were married on 29 January 1839 and were the parents of ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood.
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Wedgwood's direct costs were £2,612, and in the end he received just over £2,700, (equivalent to £429,112 in 2023) a very meagre profit. But the reputational value to the firm was enormous. Some pieces were retained by Wedgwood for various reasons: trial pieces, some dessert pieces painted with the dinner border, some perhaps as the view was ...
John Wedgwood ( baptised 2 April 1766 – 26 January 1844), the eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, was a partner in the Wedgwood pottery firm 1790–1793 and again 1800–1812. [1]
Jasperware vase and cover, Wedgwood, about 1790, in the classic colours of white on "Wedgwood Blue". The design incorporates sprig casts of the muses supplied by John Flaxman, Sr. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s.
John Wedgwood may refer to: John Wedgwood (1721–1767), merchant of London. John Wedgwood (horticulturist) (1766–1844), founder of the Royal Horticultural Society and son of Josiah Wedgwood. J. T. Wedgwood (John Taylor Wedgwood, 1782–1856), line engraver.
Piers Anthony Weymouth Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood (20 September 1954 – 29 January 2014) was the fourth Baron Wedgwood of the pottery dynasty. After initially following a military career, he later worked as an international ambassador for the Wedgwood company.
Sir John Hamilton Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet, TD (16 November 1907 – 9 December 1989) was a British politician and industrialist.