Jump to content

Search results

  • Thumbnail for John Astbury
    as with Thomas Whieldon there is considerable uncertainty over which actual pieces were made in his pottery, and so are Astbury ware. This has led to...
    4 KB (445 words) - 14:46, 22 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Thomas Whieldon
    reflecting the lack of certainty are "Whieldon ware" as a type, and "Astbury-Whieldon", used for early Staffordshire figures, where the two were pioneers...
    20 KB (2,543 words) - 18:59, 2 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Wood family
    Ralph Wood I (1715–1772) was apprenticed to John Astbury in 1730, then worked with Thomas Whieldon at Fenton Low where he learned to make coloured glazes...
    5 KB (611 words) - 10:32, 14 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Josiah Wedgwood
    to innovate, and Wedgwood very soon went into partnership with Thomas Whieldon, who made high value small items such as snuff boxes. After six months...
    44 KB (4,856 words) - 04:35, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stoke-on-Trent
    upon the successes of earlier local potters such as his mentor Thomas Whieldon and along with scientists and engineers, raised the pottery business to...
    147 KB (13,216 words) - 18:02, 6 July 2024