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Article: A master potter: in the July 1930 issue, H. Granville Fell described the career of Josiah Wedgwood and how time in his sickbed spent researching his craft led him to become one of the world's greatest ceramicists.(FROM THE APOLLO: ARCHIVES)
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The late Frederick Rathbone, probably the first Wedgwood expert of his time, wrote in 1907: 'No man did more for the ceramic industry, of the world than Josiah Wedgwood, the great English potter--one who never travelled beyond the limits of Great Britain and yet produced his refined and beautiful works by the help of artists like Flaxman and his compeers. His modellers and workmen were Englishmen--his material came from English soil' ... The life story of Josiah Wedgwood is one of the romances of the industry. When Josiah was born in 1730, potting was in a very backward state. The craft was carried on in a haphazard fashion, often at the backs of cottages, or wherever ...
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... ... builders Estee Lauder, Howard Schultz (of Starbucks) and Michael Dell. Particularly illustrative to me was the story of Josiah Wedgwood, who founded his own pottery workshop in 1759 and eventually created a company and brand that has thrived for almost 250 ...
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