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Historical Background on Famous Potters
 Josiah Spode
The successful development of bone china by
the Spode factory at Stoke-on-Trent (1776-present), for wares of outstanding
beauty and economy in the Regency style of the early 1800s, ensured its
preeminence among commercial producers.
 Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood, (1730-1795), English potter,
whose works are among the finest examples of ceramic art.
 Henry Minton
Thomas Minton founded his factory in 1793/6 in
Stoke-upon-Trent. Minton was Spode's nearest rival. He was famous for a
cream-coloured and blue-printed earthenware majolica, bone china, and Parian
porcelain.
 The Wood Family
… a major force in the development of Staffordshire wares from peasant
pottery to an organised industry, they were a celebrated family of potters.
Royal Doulton
In 1901 King Edward VII conferred on the company the double honour of the
royal warrant and the specific right to use the title "Royal".
More on famous potters: 
 
OTHER POTTERS PAGES:
Bottle Kilns
The City of
Stoke-on-Trent
The development of
the Potteries
Types of Pottery ware
Potteries Dialect
The "Willow
Pattern"
Gladstone Museum
Thomas Whieldon
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