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WEDGWOOD COMES TO US ON YOUTUBE

Here is a great YouTube video with history and current information by our friend and Wedgwood Museum Director, Gaye Blake-Roberts. Enjoy

QUICKIE NEWS SPLASH ~ TIME SENSITIVE NEWS


INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE -25% OFF ALL BONE CHINA ITEMS, PRODUCT #S IN 600 SERIES - BUY CHINA!!


Opening a brand new book that still smells of ink is such a sublime experience, almost as good as that musty smell of an old book reminding us of its history!

Check out our newly listed items on the WEBSITE where things are always changing. AT ALEXIS ANTIQUES ANNEX WE'VE ADDED MORE NON-WEDGWOOD ENGLISH CERAMICS, TO INCLUDE SOME ABSOUTELY ADORABLE ADAMS Titian Ware VERNACULAR HAND PAINTED PLATES. CHECK THEM OUT! We've added lots of new jasperware too, blue and green AND some excellent black basalt wares!


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Friday, June 26, 2009

BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OPENS BUTEN COLLECTION

New Wedgwood Gallery to Open in November

On November 19, 2009 the Birmingham Museum of Art will open its new Wedgwood gallery featuring objects from the Buten Wedgwood Collection. The Collection, which came to the Museum in the fall of 2008, includes more than 8,000 objects dating from the inception of the Wedgwood factory in 1759 through the mid-twentieth century. About 200 objects made in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be installed in the new gallery adjacent to the Beeson Wedgwood Collection on the Museum’s third floor. Additionally, a group of pieces dating from the mid-20th century will be presented in the hallway immediately outside the gallery. This new installation will build upon the Museum’s fabulous gallery of eighteenth-century Wedgwood and will further the story of the Wedgwood factory, undoubtedly one of the most important ceramics manufactories ever.

Please join us for the following events:

Thursday, November 19th, 6pm annual Chenoweth Lecture, Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, The Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts, Wedgwood: A Living Tradition, followed by a reception and book signing by Lord Wedgwood.

Friday, November 20th, 5:30pm opening celebration of our new Wedgwood gallery, featuring Anne Forschler-Tarrasch and Lord Wedgwood in conversation in the gallery, with reception. LATER: By all reports the celebrations were wonderful, congratulations Anne and staff for a job well done, as always!

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