{"id":1,"date":"2013-09-27T00:44:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T07:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/?p=1"},"modified":"2016-12-12T01:40:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T09:40:19","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Wedgwood Fine China, Porcelain and Dinnerware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-849\" alt=\"DSC_5651\" src=\"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5651.jpg\" width=\"755\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5651.jpg 755w, https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5651-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5651-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wedgwood is probably the most famous name ever associated with pottery. The firm was founded by Josiah Wedgwood in England and has been manufacturing pottery for more than 250 years. The company quickly rose to fame and has remained among the world\u2019s greatest ceramic companies to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Although Wedgwood is perhaps best known for its jasperware &#8212; a blue stoneware pottery with white classical figures, the firm has produced a wide variety of wares, and has been notable for its technical and artistic innovation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-848\" alt=\"DSC_5581\" src=\"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5581.jpg\" width=\"755\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5581.jpg 755w, https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5581-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DSC_5581-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/Forest-Metrics\/Wedgwood-\/_i.html?_fsub=3838322011&amp;_sid=81917591&amp;_trksid=p4634.c0.m322\" target=\"_blank\">VISIT US!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wedgwood developed creamware, known as Queen&#8217;s Ware in honour of Queen Charlotte, that rivalled porcelain throughout Europe in the 1760s and 70s and competed with the endless supplies of Chinese export porcelain.<\/p>\n<p>Other landmarks include a fine red stoneware known as rosso antico and black basaltes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- FM_Wedgwood_article_092713 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9941207004360033\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8094211250\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>By the mid-18th century, Wedgwood products ranged from brooches and snuffboxes to statuettes, plaques and tablewares. It was widely copied and exported all over Europe and the USA. The company\u2019s successes in the 18th century maintained styles into the 19th century, when the emphasis shifted from handcrafted pottery to the production of bone china and majolica.<\/p>\n<p>For over a century, Wedgwood has enjoyed a strongly devoted collector base. Wedgwood is a wonderful find in the American antiques market &#8212; it\u2019s both a pleasure to collect and a sound investment.<\/p>\n<p>The products range from traditional and ornamental to contemporary and functional wares. Yet all are characterized by the Wedgwood stamp of quality and all are eminently collectible.<\/p>\n<p>From humble beginnings to iconic global status, Wedgwood is rich with classic English heritage.<\/p>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<p>Williams, Peter (1992) <i>Wedgwood &#8212; A Collector&#8217;s Guide. <\/i> Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead, a division of the Chilton Book Company.<\/p>\n<p>Flanders, Judith (2009, January 9). They Broke It. <i>The New York Times,<\/i> pp. A21.<\/p>\n<p><code><style>\n#short_code_si_icon img \n {width:32px; \n}\n.scid-1 img \n{\nwidth:32px !important; \n}\n<\/style><div id='short_code_si_icon' style='text-align:center;' class='acx_fsmi_float_fix scid-1'><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ForestMetricsOfficial' target='_blank'  title='Visit Us On Facebook'><img src='https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/floating-social-media-icon\/images\/themes\/1\/facebook.png' style='border:0px;' alt='Visit Us On Facebook' height='32px' width='32px' \/><\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/forestmetrics' target='_blank'  title='Visit Us On Youtube'><img src='https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/floating-social-media-icon\/images\/themes\/1\/youtube.png' style='border:0px;' alt='Visit Us On Youtube' height='32px' width='32px' \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/forestmetrics' target='_blank'   title='Visit Us On Twitter'><img src='https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/floating-social-media-icon\/images\/themes\/1\/twitter.png' style='border:0px;' alt='Visit Us On Twitter' height='32px' width='32px' \/><\/a><a href='http:\/\/pinterest.com\/forestmetrics\/pins' target='_blank'   title='Visit Us On Pinterest'><img src='https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/floating-social-media-icon\/images\/themes\/1\/pinterest.png' style='border:0px;' alt='Visit Us On Pinterest' height='32px' width='32px' \/><\/a><a href='https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/feed' target='_blank'  title='Check Our Feed'><img src='https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/floating-social-media-icon\/images\/themes\/1\/feed.png' style='border:0px;' alt='Check Our Feed' height='32px' width='32px' \/><\/a><\/div><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wedgwood is probably the most famous name ever associated with pottery. The firm was founded by Josiah Wedgwood in England and has been manufacturing pottery for more than 250 years. The company quickly rose to fame and has remained among the world\u2019s greatest ceramic companies to this day. Although Wedgwood is perhaps best known for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,18],"tags":[12,46,14,33,15],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ceramics","category-dinnerware","category-homedecor","tag-dinnerware-2","tag-england","tag-fine-china","tag-porcelain","tag-wedgwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestmetrics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}