Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
British, 1730-1795
Arguably the most celebrated of all English ceramics makers, Wedgwood was founded in 1759 by potter Josiah Wedgwood in Staffordshire, which was home at one time to hundreds of pottery workshops.
Wedgwood is famed for its Jasperware — molded neoclassical stoneware vases, plates and other pieces inspired by ancient cameo glass, featuring white figures, scenes and decorative elements set in relief on a matte-colored background. The best-known background hue is light blue, but Wedgwood’s iconic silhouettes also appear on green, lilac, yellow, black and even white grounds. Some antique Wedgwood dinnerware pieces and other items feature three or more colors. The company is also known for its black stoneware, Black Basalt, which imitates the color and shapes of Etruscan vases.
The Wedgwood firm first came to prominence for its tableware, which quickly gained favor in aristocratic households throughout Britain and Europe. In 1765, Wedgwood was commissioned to create a cream-colored earthenware service for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. The queen was so thrilled with her new china that Wedgwood was given permission to call himself “Potter to Her Majesty,” and the decorative style became known as Queen’s Ware.
Not to be outdone, Catherine the Great of Russia commissioned her own set of Wedgwood china in 1773. Nearly 200 years later, the firm created a 1,200-piece service for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In recent years, leading designers including Jasper Conran and Vera Wang have collaborated with Wedgwood — in the tradition of such distinguished 18th-century artists such as the painter George Stubbs and metalsmith Matthew Boulton.
From plates and other dinnerware to decorative items like urns, cachepots and candlesticks, Wedgwood designs lend a traditional air to Anglophile interiors. And even if you have to make your own tea, you may find it comforting to sip it from a delicate cup that was manufactured in the same Stoke-on-Trent kiln that produced Her Majesty’s tea service. Be sure to keep your pinky raised.
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Creator: Josiah Wedgwood
Wedgwood Majolica Aesthetic Movement Star Platter, date marked 1882
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a very scarce English majolica glazed oval platter or tray, date marked 1882.
In the Aesthetic Movement taste, a large six-sided star is centered on a complex, geome...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Antique Pair Wedgwood Flower Holder Bouquetières Late 18th Century England
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
Crafted by Wedgwood in the late 18th century, circa 1785, this exquisite pair of flower holders is designed to look like woven baskets.
They feature molded oval-shaped bodies made of...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Stoneware
Josiah Wedgwood Majolica Multi-Color Leaf on Basket Handled Server
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A majolica multi-colored glazed fringed leaf on basket weave handled server, Josiah Wedgwood, Burslem, England – circa 1870.
A leaf shaped molded shallow bowl with a pierced twig ha...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Wedgwood Majolica Strawberry Dishes, Set of 6, dated 1880
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a delightful set of six majolica glazed Fruit Dishes, in the Strawberry pattern, date marked 1880.
On the Argenta white ground, a wide rim...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Pink Porcelain 'Nautilus' Dessert Service by Wedgwood for John Mortlock, 1880s
By Josiah Wedgwood, Wedgwood
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique Victorian Shell Shaped Dishes and Plates
Dating from 1884 this service would have been a bespoke order commissioned through John Mortlock’s upma...
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1880s British Victorian Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Porcelain
Josiah Wedgwood Majolica Multi-Color Leaf on Basket Handled Server
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A majolica multi-colored glazed fringed leaf on basket weave handled server, Josiah Wedgwood, Burslem, England – circa 1870.
A leaf shaped molded shallow bowl with a pierced twig ha...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Josiah Wedgwood Colored Cabbage Leaf on Basket Plate
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A majolica multi-colored glazed cabbage leaf on basket rim plate, Josiah Wedgwood, circa 1870.
Most often found in a solid green glaze, cabbage leaf plates were also made briefly i...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Wedgwood Majolica Tortoiseshell Seafood Plates, Set of 8
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, an assembled set of eight English majolica scallop shell shaped, mottled tortoiseshell glazed seafood salad plates.
Each plate shows a variation of the tortoiseshell ...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Seal Handled Ice-Cream Tray
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica green glazed- Seal-Molded Ice-Cream Tray, England – Date code EGH for 1878
A very scarce rectangular tray with the cente...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Wedgwood Majolica Large Tortoiseshell Shell Shaped Server Majolica Serving Tray
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, an English majolica scallop shell shaped seafood serving dish, date marked 1889.
Showing the mottled tortoiseshell glazing of greens, amber, and brown. The mold refl...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
19th C. Wedgwood Reticulated Basket Weave Oval Majolica Serving Tray
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An English majolica oval serving platter from Josiah Wedgwood, date marked R for the year 1889.
The server is edged with a delicate yellow ochre reticulated rim that imitates the ba...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Wedgwood Parian Bust of Robert Stephenson by E. W. Wyon
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Alexandria, VA
This handsome parian bust is of Robert Stephenson(1803-1859- England),. It is documented on the back shoulders in embossed letters with the name of...
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Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Wedgwood Queens Ware Creamware Gilt Pitcher and Basin Set
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Lomita, CA
Queens Ware is the mark on this pitcher and basin set made in England in the mid to late 1800s by Wedgwood. It is also known as creamware, a techniqu...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Ceramic
Monumental Pair of Black Basalt Table Lamps by Wedgwood, Late 19th Century
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
A remarkable pair of black basalt table lamps by Josiah Wedgwood, massive in size and very rare, hallmarked. Professionally cleaned and rewired with ...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Ceramic, Stoneware
Wedgwood Amherst Pattern 20 Piece Set of Five Place Settings New in Box
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Lomita, CA
Brand new Wedgwood still in the box makes an impression in white with platinum trim and the blue flower accent and would find pride of place in many elegant table arrangements...
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2010s English Baroque Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Porcelain
Wedgwood English Majolica Basketweave and Tortoiseshell Plate, Date Marked 1874
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, an earthenware majolica glazed plate, signed and date marked 1874.
A green, brown and yellow tortoiseshell glazed center is bordered by eight yellow basketweave inn...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Josiah Wedgwood 'Pembroke Castle' Ships & Floral Steel Gray Transferware Platter
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Josiah Wedgwood ‘Pembroke Castle’ pattern transferware platter, Burslem, Staffordshire, circa 1820-1840.
An earthenware body showing a central image of sailors rowing to and fro...
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
Materials
Creamware
Early 19th Century Wedgwood Egyptian Revival Rosso Antico Teapot
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A rosso antico teapot made by Wedgwood ca. 1810. The pot's red body is accentuated by black basalt details in the Egyptian Revival style.
This ros...
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Early 19th Century British Egyptian Revival Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Early Wedgwood Egyptian Revival Neoclassical Rosso Antico Coffee Pot
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Wedgwood rosso antico coffee pot made ca. 1810. The pot's red body is accentuated by black basalt details in the Egyptian Revival style.
Developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1760s, rosso antico famously exhibits the Egyptian Revival style that became popular in the early 19th century during Napoleon...
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Early 19th Century British Neoclassical Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Wedgwood Majolica Japonisme Cobalt Blue Pickle and Fork Plate, Dated 1879
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Wedgwood, a scarce Cobalt blue majolica glazed Pickle Plate, date marked 1879.
From the English Aesthetic Movement Era, and in the Japonisme taste, six teardrop shaped wells,...
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19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Rare and Impressive Early 19th Century Wedgwood Creamware Breakfast Set
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This breakfast set consists of an oval serving bowl and four lidded entire dishes in a mahogany brass handled tray.
Creamware is a cream colored re...
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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Pottery
Wedgood Rare Copper Dipped Jasperware Jug with Classical Figures
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare Wedgwood copper dipped jasperware jug with classical figures dating from the early to mid-19th century. The ceramic jug has a copper coating over...
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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgewood Majolica Triton Plateau
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Greek god Triton standing on a rock bed, holds up a conch shell topped with a round dish, with a Greek key open fretwork border in green and yellow.
Wedgewoo...
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Late 19th Century English Classical Greek Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Majolica
Wedgwood English Majolica Aesthetic Taste Snail Shell and Ivy Pitcher circa 1870
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An English Wedgwood Majolica pitcher, an aesthetic movement mold showing a snail shell against sprays of climbing ivy on a tortoiseshell ground. A branch ...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Earthenware
Antique English Early "Wedgwood" Creamware ‘Earthenware’ Hand Painted Platter
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Rare antique English "Wedgwood" creamware (earthenware) hand painted platter with rare early impressed "WEDGWOOD" mark.
Superb condition but for...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Creamware
Antique English Early 19th Century Wedgwood Chandelier
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare early 19th century Regency period English chandelier, the body of Wedgwood jasperware mounted with elaborate gilt ormolu metal work issuing five electrified candle arms and hu...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
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Ormolu
Wedgwood Aesthetic Majolica Tortoise Shell Glazed Char Fish Dish, circa 1878
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rarely seen wedgwood char dish, an Aesthetic Movement mold showing a pair of fish in a deep dish glazed to resemble tortoise shell. Char is a fresh-water m...
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Wedgwood Creamware Soup Plate with German Ship Decoration.
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
The ship is flying the flag of the last German Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II ,
Circa 1775-1790.
The rare Wedgwood creamware plate...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
Materials
Creamware
Wedgwood, 1930s Skeaping Kangaroo
By John Rattenbury Skeaping, Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Pymble, NSW
A Wedgwood kangaroo in celadon color designed by John Skeaping, circa 1930.
Mounted on its original black painted timber base and signed in the clay on the rear of the ceramic plinth...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Creamware 18th Century Part Service
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
The set was hand painted at Wedgwood, in England, circa 1785.
The borders are decorated with a delicate band of green leaves and berries on the vine, and the edges are painted brown....
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Josiah Wedgwood Furniture
Materials
Creamware
Josiah Wedgwood furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Josiah Wedgwood furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Josiah Wedgwood furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 20 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 1 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Josiah Wedgwood were created in the neoclassical style in united kingdom during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Copeland, Herculaneum Pottery, and Charles & Richard Comyns. Prices for Josiah Wedgwood furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $179 and can go as high as $28,906, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $1,400.