World of Wedgwood

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We visited the World of Wedgwood in Barlaston, near Stoke-on-Trent. It’s an interesting place to visit as it displays various items made by Wedgwood over the years. There’s artefacts on display from the mid 1700s, when Josiah Wedgwood opened his first factory, through to the present day.

Obviously, the items that are 100s of years old cannot be touched, so John was relying on description for those. However, on Josiah Wedgwood’s desk there was a photocopy of one of his writing books, so you could look through that, almost as though you were turning the pages of the actual book that Wedgwood wrote in. There are also different drawers you can look through to see Wedgwood’s different experiments with colour.

Looking at more recent items, it’s interesting to see how styles and fashions have changed over the years. With ware made for the 1960s market being very different than that made for the 1980s market!

At the end of the tour there is a dragon, very cleverly constructed from plates, bowls, cups and saucers, with forks for claws and eyelashes.

Accessibility is good and there is a loop system for hearing impaired people.

Video is below.