Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he turned to design and management instead. It is said he often used his stick to smash items that he felt were not good enough. Contacted the Cherokees Indians to find a source of the whitest possible clay. His London showrooms became a fashionable place to visit. Flaxman, Stubbs and Lady Diana Beauclerk all provided designs for him. Promoter of social reform and active in the fight against the slave trade. Wedgwood is nowadays compared with Henry Ford for his innovative introduction of methods of mass production.
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Josiah Wedgwood
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Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
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Stephen Bird
Artist/designer/craft-person. Born Stoke-on-Trent. Initially we could find no information about "S. Bird" but Andrew Behan was more successful so we have him to thank for this page.
3 memorials
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Designer and television personality, best known for his appearances on the BBC programme 'Changing Rooms'.
1 memorial
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A. Nicholson
Stone merchant based in Mark Lane near to the column that he designed. The nearest Mark Lane we can find is in the City, south of Fenchurch Street, not what we would call 'close' to Old Street. Per...
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