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WSWDC
Programs
The WSWDC conducts six to seven
events annually and our calendar year runs from
September through August. WSWDC activities include:
- Scholarly lectures by world-renowned
Wedgwood authorities
- Presentations by company representatives and
antiques dealers
- Members’ interactive show & tell sessions
- Private sales, auctions, and appraisals
- Socials and floral contests
- Exhibitions and private home tours
- Field trips
- General business meetings and other special
events
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Josiah Wedgwood I (1730-1795)
The Father of All English Potters
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Some past lecturers
have included:
- Lynn Miller, Wedgwood Museum Trust
- Ronald Fuchs, Winterthur Museum
- Stuart Slavid, Skinner Inc.
- Anne Forschler, Birmingham Museum of Art
- Peggy Kerner, Historian & Collector
- Keith McLeod, Wedgwood International Seminar
- The Lord Wedgwood
- Diana Edwards, Ceramics Historian & Author
- Joyce Schwartz, Historian & Collector
- Nicholas Dawes, Majolica Specialist
- Danforth Walker, Insurance Provider
- Benedict Hastings, Appraiser & Russian Arts Specialist
- Muriel Polikoff, Wedgwood Specialist
- Michael Herman, Wedgwood Author
- Paul Lauer, Wedgwood Collector
- Nancy Ramage, Professor Ithaca College
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Some of
many
interesting topics have included:
- The Portland Vase
- Fairyland Lustre
- Beautiful Rooms of Wedgwood
- What’s New from Waterford Wedgwood
- The Beeson Wedgwood Collection
- Wedgwood Highlights at Skinner Auctions
- Wedgwood Prestige and Tea Wares
- Journey to England and Wedgwood World
- Giant Wedgwood
- What's Hot - What's Not
- Dancing Hours
- Wedgwood & Other Victorian Majolica
- Bert Bentley's Works
- Insuring Your Wedgwood
- Lady Beauclerk
- A Guide to Wedgwood Jasper Ware
- Wedgwood and the Russian Connection
- Beyond Blue & White
- Bodies & Glazes in the Oven
- Wedgwood in Canada
- Wedgwood's Top 50 Greatest Hits
- Wedgwood's 20th Century Artists
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Special Programs and Events- The Annual Show &
Tell (& Ask) Sessions
- The Annual Summer
Social, Sale & Silent Auction
- Appraisal Days
- Wedgwood Floral Display & Contest
- Lord Wedgwood Tea at the British Embassy
- In 2002, the WSWDC assembled a major six-week
exhibition at the Gadsby’s Tavern
Museum, entitled: Four Centuries of Wedgwood
Diversity: Favorites from Capital Region Collectors.
You can take an
on-line tour of the exhibit on the GTM Society's
website.
Coming Soon!
The USA Celebration Of The 250th Anniversary Of
The Founding Of Wedgwood in 1759
A five-month exhibition of 250 Wedgwood objects produced from 1759 to 2009 will be held at the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Washington, D.C., starting October 2, 2009. A catalogue will be produced and there will be a special opening ceremony. Watch for details as they unfold. If you would like more information or wish to be part of the event, contact the "Wedgwood-250 Exhibition" co-chair, Adele Barnett, at airwedg@aol.com.
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