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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

Josiah Wedgwoood I (1730-1795) The Father of All English Potters

Josiah Wedgwood I (1730-1795)
The Father of All English Potters


Some past lecturers have included:

  • Lynn Miller, Wedgwood Museum Trust
  • Amanda Lange, Historic Deerfield
  • Ronald Fuchs, Winterthur Museum
  • Stuart Slavid, Skinner Inc.
  • Anne Forschler-Tarrasche, Birmingham Museum of Art
  • Peggy Kerner, Historian & Collector
  • Lisa Ruggieri, Waterford Wedgwood USA
  • Keith McLeod, Wedgwood International Seminar
  • The Lord Wedgwood
  • Diana Edwards, Ceramics Historian & Author
  • Joyce Schwartz, Historian & Collector
  • Nicholas Dawes, Majolica Specialist
  • Margaret Burnham, Conservator
  • Pat Halfpenny, Winterthur Museum
  • Danforth Walker, Insurance Provider
  • Linda Slothouber, Wedgwood Collector
  • Jeffrey Milkins, Wedgwood Collector
  • Edward Knowles, Wedgwood Collector
  • Benedict Hastings, Appraiser & Russian Arts Specialist
  • Muriel Polikoff, Wedgwood Specialist
  • Michael Herman, Wedgwood Author
  • Paul Lauer, Wedgwood Collector
  • Nancy Ramage, Professor Ithaca College
  • Margaret Carney, Blair Museum of Lithophanes
Some of many interesting topics have included:
  • The Portland Vase
  • Fairyland Lustre
  • Creamware Fit for Queens and Commoners
  • Beautiful Rooms of Wedgwood
  • What’s New from Waterford Wedgwood
  • The Beeson Wedgwood Collection
  • The Buten Wedgwood Collection
  • Wedgwood Highlights at Skinner Auctions
  • English Pottery and the Classic Revival
  • Wedgwood Prestige and Tea Wares
  • Journey to England and Wedgwood World
  • Giant Wedgwood
  • What's Hot - What's Not
  • Conservation of Wedgwood
  • Memoirs of a Half Century of Collecting
  • Trials and Tribulations of a Wedgwood Auctioneer
  • Dancing Hours
  • Wedgwood & Other Victorian Majolica
  • Bert Bentley's Works
  • Insuring Your Wedgwood
  • Lithophanes
  • Wedgwood and Jane Austen
  • 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

Special Programs and Events

  • The Annual Show, Tell & Ask Sessions
  • The Annual Summer Social & Sale
  • Annual Silent Auction
  • Appraisal Days
  • Stump the Experts
  • 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.
  • In 2009-2010, the WSWDC, the DAR Museum, and the Wedgwood company launched the five-month 'Wedgwood: 250 Years of Innovation and Artistry'  Exhibition in the nation's capital. Its catalogue is a 100-page, full-color publication featuring all the objects in the exhibit, essays by Robin Reilly and Gaye Blake Roberts, and more. To order, please post-mail your name, shipping address, phone number and email, along with a check for the appropriate amount - payable to WSWDC - to: Adele Barnett, 3505 Stringfellow Court, Fairfax, VA 22033-1502 USA. Offered now at a special post-exhibit price of $18 plus postage & packaging (add $4 US media mail; $8 Canada; $15 Europe, Australia, Japan). Purchases shipped outside the US only may be paid via PayPal.com to WedgwoodDC@gmail.com. Any questions, please email WSofWDC@aol.com

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 WSWDC

07/28/2008
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