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Fire your imagination with the V&A Wedgwood Collection. Discover a story of centuries of creativity and community, of changing tastes, industry and society, in the heart of the Staffordshire Potteries.
Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent
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Wedgwood: An introduction
Wedgwood: An introduction
Learn about the history of Wedgwood and how the company evolved through three centuries of design
The Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion
The Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion
Discover more about Wedgwood's anti-slavery medallion – a forerunner of the protest badge
Wedgwood's ceramic manufacturing archive
Wedgwood's ceramic manufacturing archive
Discover "one of the most complete ceramic manufacturing archives in existence"
From the Collections
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'Variations on a Geometric Theme' plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1970, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Portland Vase, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1793, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England -
Wedgwood family portrait, oil painting, by George Stubbs, 1780, England -
Lessore Vase, painted by Emile Aubert Lessore, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, about 1863, England -
Anti-slavery medallion, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1787, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Teapot moulded in the shape of a cauliflower, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1765, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Jasperware trials mounted on a wooden tray, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1773 – 76, Stoke-on-Trent, England -
Teapot, designed by Douglas Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1906 -
Detail of 'Fairyland Lustre' bowl, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1923, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, England
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From the blog
Blog post
V&A Wedgwood Collection: 10 years in 10 objects
Blog post
People of Wedgwood: Harry Barnard and his Trip to Australia
Header image: V&A Wedgwood Collection. Photograph: Morgan McMahon / V&A