(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Lusterware (sometimes called Lustreware) is a type of pottery with a metallic glaze that gives the effect of iridescence. It is produced by using metallic oxides in an overglaze, which is given a second firing at a lower temperature. Lustre glazes were applied to pottery in Mesopotamia in [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Pearlware, a form of creamware, was developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the late 1770s. Pearlware was developed in an effort to produce a white pottery that looked like porcelain, but was cheap and could be sold to the rapidly growing middle class. Around 1779, Wedgwood was able to lighten [...]
(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Wedgwood is a British pottery firm, originally founded in 1759 by Josiah Wedgwood. In 1987, Wedgwood merged with Waterford Crystal, creating Waterford Wedgwood, the Ireland-based luxury brands group. The company still exists as a subsidiary within the group, with its own board of directors and management team. Wedgwood is [...]
