John Wedg Wood Edmund Thomas Wedgwood Wood |
Location and period of operation:
John
Wedg
Wood |
Burslem |
1841 |
1844 |
Edmund Thomas Wedgwood Wood |
Tunstall |
1860 |
1875 |
Manufacturer of earthenware at Hadderidge Bank, Burslem and then at Woodland Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
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[ see "Confused by Wedgwood?" ]
"Wood, John Wedg of Burslem and Tunstall. The Hadderidge factory at Burslem was let to John Wedg Wood by William Adams of Greenfield soon after 1839 and he was recorded at these works by Ward in 1843. Shortly after this date he appears to have left these works and joined his father at Tunstall. His father John Wood died in 1848. John Wedg Wood appears to have taken control from about 1845 until his death in 1857. Marks used were J. WEDGWOOD or J. WEDG WOOD or WEDG.WOOD" W. L. Little 'Staffordshire Blue' |
notebooks of John Wedg Wood,
containing recipes for pottery body and glazes
The London Gazette
28th January 1896
notice to potantial claimants
on the estate of
Edmund Thomas Wedgwood Wood
tureen in the flow-blue CHAPOO pattern
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Ironstone CHAPOO J. WEDGWOOD The "J. Wedgwood" is John Wedg Wood, and not to be confused with Josiah Wedgwood. |
plate in the FESTOON pattern |
note the slight gap between WEDG and WOOD |
plate in the HIBERNIA series the view is of Enniskerry |
note the dot between WEDG and WOOD Hibernia is the ancient Latin name for Ireland and HIBERNIA is the name of a series of views of Ireland'
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“Hibernia” series The printed mark is in the form of a globe surmounted by a sailing ship with the series title “HIBERNIA” to the left and the maker’s name “J WEDG.WOOD” (note the period between Wedg and Wood) to the right. This series is known only on dinner wares, printed in blue or with blue centres and either red or purple borders. Other colours or combinations may well exist. |
(photos & text courtesy Dick Henrywood)
blue transferware tray in the
Peruvian pattern, with scalloped edges and gold fleck border
this
tray doesn't have a makers mark but it is the Peruvian pattern by J.
Wedgwood
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Ironstone Peruvian J. Wedgwood
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white ironstone bowl |
Although difficult to read it is most likely that the registration date is 14th June 1856 - there is an entry in the National Archives for John Wood on this date. |
photos courtesy: Charles
Bayar
Marks used on ware for identification: John Wood either already had or, more probably adopted, a middle name 'Wedg' - this rather conveniently caused his marks to been mistaken for the more famous Josiah Wedgwood. The marks of John Wedg Wood sometimes have a slight gap or dot between WEDG and WOOD. John Wedg Wood died in 1857. The business continued until 1875 and the name J. Wedgood was retained. NOTE: The firm Josiah Wedgwood did not use marks with the initial letter J |
W.W.
J WEDGWOOD
WEDG WOOD
WEDG-WOOD
WEDG.WOOD
J. WEDG WOOD note the slight gap between |
J. WEDGWOOD
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J. WEDGWOOD
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J. WEDG.WOOD note the dot between |
white ironstone bowl in a corn pattern
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The registration date is 31 October 1863 - there were three entries in the National Archives for Edmund T Wood, Woodland Pottery, Tunstall on this date. |
John Wedg Wood (red box) was the great-grandson of Ralph Wood ('Potter of
Burslem')
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