Wedgwood history comes to Australia | March 2025 | The Senior - video Dailymotion

Josiah Wedgwood to was an "early Kim Kardashian" - it's not just about tea sets and Jasperware.

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00:00When I think about the show, I do say it's not like looking through your Nana's stuffy

00:09china cabinet. Many people will be aware of the blue and white jasperware. I think that's

00:15the most sort of famous, well known of Wedgwood pieces. We are showing over 200 years of Wedgwood

00:24ceramics right up until 2023. And if you look at some of the things that they're doing currently,

00:30it's very sexy, very contemporary, working with a lot of contemporary artists.

00:33In 1769, Wedgwood opened his new ornamental works at Etruria, an event that was celebrated

00:42by Josiah Wedgwood personally, throwing six first days vases on the wheel, with his partner

00:49Thomas Bentley turning the handle. Four emerged from the kiln, and three are still in North

00:56Staffordshire today, one of which will be included in the touring exhibition, Wedgwood

01:01Artists and Industry. We're really excited that this exhibition features so many of the

01:05extraordinary highlights from the Wedgwood collections at the V&A.