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Old and New London
… of the present century; and during the last century Josiah Wedgwood made it the head-quarters of his London business. It … the adjoining streets were frequented by the faculty; but Wedgwood, on making it his showroom, named it "Portland … premises, for, as Miss Meteyard remarks in her "Life of Wedgwood," "it was here that his fame culminated in the …
Survey of London
… without being forced'. In December 1772 Josiah Wedgwood, whose showrooms were then in Great Newport Street, … W.P.L., A.241. B.M. pressmark 8308 f 24. Letters of Josiah Wedgwood 1772 to 1780, ed. Lady Farrer, privately printed …
Survey of London
… and broken centrally by a framed tablet of green and white Wedgwood jasper ware (Plate 129a). b The walls were plain but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… century. At that time, by the exertions of the late Josiah Wedgwood, Esq., it was raised to such a pitch of excellence, … market-towns. The several species of ware invented by Mr. Wedgwood, varied by the industry of the manufacturers into an …
Old and New London
… to the parish church. It was formerly occupied by Josiah Wedgwood, as a show-room for his pottery and porcelain from …
Old and New London
… front of Lord Radnor's house. Here afterwards lived Josiah Wedgwood, and here his stock of classic pottery was dispersed …
Survey of London
… during the eighteenth century. A notable intrusion was Wedgwood's showroom which occupied No. 8, on the corner of …
Survey of London
… one of which contained basalt tablets provided by Josiah Wedgwood, to whom Sir Watkin was an early friend and patron. … and dolphins in painted oval frames, were supplied by Wedgwood and Bentley in 1775 for the sum of 26 5 s. 434 … pp. 336. Ibid., 115/17. Eliza Meteyard, Life of Josiah Wedgwood, 1866, vol. ii, pp. 1323. 357, 3702. National …
Survey of London
… it. 170 In 1795 the house was bought by the younger Josiah Wedgwood for 8500, and a further 7000 is said to have been … in the Ackermann view of the square in 1812 (Plate 131). Wedgwood and his partner, Thomas Byerley, used the premises … up in 1830. 172 In August 1830 the property was sold by Wedgwood to the Earl of Romney. 173 Until 1839 the house was …
Petitions to the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions
… Abbuts Bromly. Q/SBe/6/32 (1729) [Com?] Stafford To John Wedgwood esquire one of his majesties justices of the peace … late of Wolverhampton. Q/SBe/6/33a (1729) Stafford To John Wedgwood esquire one of his majesties justices of the peace …