Powell design Queen's ware vase in gold lustre - Post 1940
Powell design vase in gold lustre. Queen's ware. Post 1940
Powell design vase in gold lustre. Queen's ware. Post 1940
- Type of object: Ornamental ware/vase
- Mark: WEDGWOOD OF ETRURIA & BARLASTON
MADE IN ENGLAND
[Printed in red]
K
[Impressed] - Year produced: Post 1940
- Body: Queen's ware, cream-coloured earthenware
- Material: ceramic
- Decoration: lustre
- Accession number: 11270
- Dimensions: 103 mm (height), 92 mm (diameter)
Glossary
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Queen’s ware
Queen’s ware
In 1765 Wedgwood provided a tea and coffee service to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte (wife of George III) in the new earthenware body he had recently perfected. She was so pleased with the set that she not only allowed Josiah to style himself ‘Potter to Her Majesty’, she also allowed him to call his new earthenware ‘Queen’s ware’ - a name by which Wedgwood’s cream coloured earthenware is still known today.