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The Wedgwood Club, Wellesley, Massachusetts [Published date: 1948]. Two volumes in one (Volume 13 for 1946 and Volume 14 for 1947). Paper covers, 154 pp; illustrated throughout with black and white plates, photographs, and reproductions; 16 cm.
In good condition. Original green printed paper covers with decorative border. Chipping and tearing to the paper over the bottom of the spine. Light overall toning and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight (string sewn). Age spotting to top edge of text block. Otherwise pages are lightly toned but unmarked. Frontispiece illustration "The Earthenware Stall" by Francisco Goya. Published for members of the Wedgwood Club, edited by Jean Gorely, Secretary of the Club. Contents include: Naval Items; Molds and Models; Applied Wedgwood; European Red Wares after the Chinese; Yorkshire and Its Potteries; The Potter as Lamp-Maker; Heraldry as an Aid to the Collector; Unconsidered Trifles; The Potter and the Glass-Maker; Eighteenth Century Ceramic Images; The Young Wedgwood with Radio Drama; Persistent Patterns; Egyptian Motives; Portraits of Shakespeare; Drawing of Showroom, 1809; Family Group, House of Orange; Saloman Gessner and Michel Brandon; Pierre Stephan; Fountains Abbey on Russian Service; Monteith with Arms of Continental Navy, 1780-1785. Published annually by the Wedgwood Club of Boston, Old Wedgwood served as both a yearbook and scholarly journal for collectors and students of Wedgwood ware and early English ceramics. Each volume records club activities, lectures, and research essays on Wedgwood history, design, and production, with illustrations of notable examples from private and museum collections.