MARTHA STEWART, WEDGWOOD AND FROGS - WHAT A COMBO

In 2009 Alexis Antiques lent Piers, Lord Wedgwood and Martha Stewart the Catherine Ice Pail in the Wedgwood Frog Service reproduction set for her show celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Wedgwood company.  Just today, through the Wedgwood Society of New South Wales, we learned the URL of the episode on which our ice pail appeared.  
If you click here you will see [this link will not work, please read below] some icons at the bottom, go to the second one from the left, the picture of the dark blue vase with the words Wedgwood Pottery underneath, click that and watch.  Martha talks about a gorgeous epergne which was in the 250th anniversary exhibit but then you will see the segment with her and Piers discussing Wedgwood, and you'll see the ice pail.   We purchased it from the Wedgwood folks in Australia, it came to us in St. Louis, went to NY and came back, then was sold to a collector in Australia, so it's had a long journey from the Wedgwood factory at Barlaston, Stoke on Trent!!!  They are rare, this one is #14 of a worldwide limited edition of 50.  The scene illustrated is Caerlaverock Castle & Falls, Blair Castle, Scotland.

www.marthastewart.com/998142/wedgwood-dish-patterns#998139

No matter what I do the link above will not take one to the video but you can copy and paste this URL into your browser and get it.  I can get to it easily this way, but for some reason the "If you click here you will see" link  at the beginning of this post simply will not work!

RARE STATUE OF JUPITER OR ZEUS BY WEDGWOOD - ON DISPLAY SOON

From one of our favorite UK publications, The Stoke Sentinel, comes an interesting article today about this statue which is very rare and beautiful.  Having visited The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, I am always amazed at their holdings, not just the Wedgwood of course, but the huge variety of ceramics in their holdings.  No trip to the Potteries should fail to include this Museum in Hanley, and if you are headed to the UK, later this month will be the time to visit The Potteries Museum.  See the article with lots of information about this gorgeous rendition of Jupiter, aka Zeus.  If any of our readers have one of these statues, we'd love to hear about it!  Send us an email!

ANOTHER REPORT ON WEDGWOOD MUSEUM SITUATION

Here is a good article from The Sentinel, one of my favorite UK publications, which explains the involvement of WWRD in the past and current situation surrounding the Wedwood Museum Trust.  It is self-explanatory and succinct.  Hope you enjoy catching up with the current status.

WEDGWOOD MUSEUM TRUST BACK IN THE NEWS - DONATIONS IMPORTANT

From the UK Telegraph comes one of the better articles I have seen in the past week or so about the new push to finish up raising the remainder of the funds needed to secure the future of the Museum treasures.  Check it out here, and make note of the beautiful illustrations.  At the end of the article is a link to a fund-raising site to help with the raising of the money. Thanks to my friend in England, Mary Beardmore, for sharing this link

with me.

Liverpool means many different things! Wedgwood and Beatles!

The Lady Lever Museum in Liverpool holds a fabulous collection of Wedgwood, Stubbs paintings and much else of beauty and quality.  AND it's in Liverpool!  SO this aging Beatles fan goes to Liverpool a few years ago and sees NOT a SINGLE Beatles site....but the Wedgwood and Stubbs at the Museum might just have made it all worthwhile.  If you have a chance, be sure to see the Museum's holdings, you won't be disappointed.  On the other hand, if you can see some Beatles sites too, it might be the trip of a lifetime!  You can go here to explore the Museum, and I bet anyone can find plenty of places to go to find the Beatles!  Robin Emmerson is a charming gentleman, his lecture on Weds. is sure to be a great one!

Lever's Wedgwood at Lady Lever Art Gallery - Wednesday September 3, 6-7.30pm, FREE

Take a trip to the idyllic setting of Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight - home to one of the world's great Wedgwood collections.
On Wednesday, internationally-renowned Wedgwood expert Robin Emmerson will be holding a free talk revealing the secrets behind William Hesketh Lever's astonishing collection.
Visitors can also enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink on arrival at 6pm.