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The origins of Wedgewood porcelain

Josiah Wedgwood

The porcelain named Wedgwood brought Wedgwood huge profits. Its beautiful appearance and competitive price made Wedgwood milky white porcelain a hot-selling product in the market and a major achievement in the history of British porcelain.

Josiah Wedgwood was born in 1730 in Burslem, England, into a family of potters who made a living by making pottery. Josiah Wedgwood learned pottery at home from a young age, and in 1759 he founded the Wedgwood Porcelain Factory and began to produce porcelain under the name of Wedgwood.

Josiah invented Cream Ware in the early days of the brand, which brought huge profits to Wedgwood. Its beautiful appearance and competitive price made Wedgwood cream ware a hot-selling product in the market and a major achievement in the history of British porcelain.

In 1765, Wedgwood was selected by the British royal family. Queen Charlotte granted him the name of Queen's Ware. This honor made Wedgwood stand out in the upper class society. Royal aristocrats all over Europe competed to own a set of Wedgwood tableware for entertaining guests.

Josiah devoted his life to the research and development of porcelain production and materials. His most famous invention was the Jasper ware (embossed jade series), which was successfully launched in 1775 after thousands of trials. The success of Wedgwood bone china embossed jade is hailed as the most important and outstanding ceramic manufacturing technology after the Chinese invented ceramics a thousand years ago, and it is also the most admired material of Wedgwood.

To this day, relief jade is still one of the most precious decorative works in the world, and its beautiful formula is still Wedgwood's unique secret. Therefore, Josiah is known as the father of British ceramic manufacturing. His outstanding research on ceramic manufacturing, in-depth exploration of raw materials, rational arrangement of labor, and foresight in business organization made him one of the great leaders of the Industrial Revolution. Of course, in addition to his personal charm, the strong financial support of his father-in-law is also related.

Wedgwood Material

Wedgwood, famous for its fine bone china, adds 51% animal bone meal to all its bone china products, which are characterized by the highest animal bone meal content in the world. The texture is harder and less likely to break than ordinary porcelain, and it has good thermal insulation and light transmittance, while also being beautiful and practical. The amount of bone meal added not only directly affects the characteristics of bone china, but also demonstrates the craftsmanship.

In addition to its pure white and translucent color, Wedgwood bone china is also the strongest ceramic in the world. It is beautiful, light, and extremely durable. This is because its ingredients include animal bones, porcelain stone, and porcelain clay.

The fine materials required for ceramics and the meticulous process of each step by the craftsmen cost a lot of money. At Wedgwood, many products are still handmade, because in terms of the required quality, no machine can reach the level of handmade. In this way, it takes many excellent craftsmen to create a set of products, and the skills of these craftsmen require long-term and rigorous training, such as 4 years of wire drawing, 2 years of hand-glazing, 7 years of powdering, and 7 years of alchemy. It may take a lifetime to master the Jasper decoration.

Moreover, all these unique ingenuity are full of history, inheriting excellent design and excellent quality. Each product has the best materials and hand-decorated. In this era of large-scale machine production, such ingenious products are sold at such prices, which seems reasonable.

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