In recent years, leading designers including Jasper Conran and Vera Wang have collaborated with Wedgwood - in the tradition of such distinguished 18th century artists such as the painter George Stubbs and metalsmith Matthew Boulton.įrom plates and other dinnerware to decorative items like urns, cachepots and candlesticks, Wedgwood designs lend a traditional air to Anglophile interiors. Nearly 200 years later, the firm created a 1,200-piece service for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Not to be outdone, Catherine the Great of Russia commissioned her own set of Wedgwood china in 1773. The queen was so thrilled with her new china that Wedgwood was given permission to call himself “Potter to Her Majesty,” and the decorative style became known as Queen’s Ware. In 1765, Wedgwood was commissioned to create a cream-colored earthenware service for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. The Wedgwood firm first came to prominence for its tableware, which quickly gained favor in aristocratic households throughout Britain and Europe. The best-known background hue is light blue, but Wedgwood’s iconic silhouettes also appear on green, lilac, yellow, black and even white grounds. The company is famed for its Jasperware - molded Neoclassical stoneware vases, plates and other pieces, inspired by ancient cameo glass, featuring white figures, scenes and decorative elements set in relief on a matte colored background. Arguably the most celebrated of all English ceramics makers, Wedgwood was founded in 1759 by Staffordshire potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730–95).
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