Comments on: Jane Austen and London: Wedgwood’s Showrooms http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/ Jane Austen's life, times and works explained and discussed Thu, 17 May 2012 21:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jfwakefield http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/#comment-187 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:37:38 +0000 http://austenonly.com/?p=487#comment-187 I did some digging with the help of Lynn Miller of the Wedgwood Musuem Sadly nothing else is known about the china mentioned in the 1811 letter:no record of the pattern etc survives.But as regards the ware still in the Jane Austen House Museum ordered by Edward Knight, a little more is known:

“Two years later the Austen family ordered another service with a border design in a small lozenge in purple, between lines of narrow gold, which was complete with the Knight family crest. The order was placed in September 1813, with additional pieces being requested as late as 1827″

Does that help at all, Laurel?

]]> By: myenglishcountrygarden http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/#comment-113 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:59:53 +0000 http://austenonly.com/?p=487#comment-113 Now you’ve done it…I’m looking into this. Ill report back ;-)

]]> By: myenglishcountrygarden http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/#comment-111 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:57:13 +0000 http://austenonly.com/?p=487#comment-111 My pleasure, my pleasure.You know I always liked posting about china ;-)

]]> By: Lizzy http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/#comment-110 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:03:46 +0000 http://austenonly.com/?p=487#comment-110 Thank you Julie, for this wonderful post. I love English china.

]]> By: Laurel Ann http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/#comment-105 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:19:43 +0000 http://austenonly.com/?p=487#comment-105 Thanks Julie – excellent info, but do we know which pattern that Jane Austen purchased? Has anyone ever researched it with Wedgewood? One would imagine that they kept copious records.

I am quite a lover of fine china, and would love to see a sumputuous picture book of early 19th-century china that the famous of the era owned and where it is today! Oh, one can dream can’t one?

]]> By: Cathy Allen http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/#comment-100 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:45:05 +0000 http://austenonly.com/?p=487#comment-100 Fascinating, as always. Having thrown a few pots in my time — a VERY few, actually, but it was a required part of my major in college — I am interested in ceramics, and I particularly like Wedgewood. Thank you for this wonderful background information!
CEA

]]> By: Rae http://austenonly.com/2009/12/02/jane-austen-and-london-wedgwoods-showrooms/#comment-98 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:43:36 +0000 http://austenonly.com/?p=487#comment-98 Julie – thanks as always. So wonderful to have every detail illuminated like that. And don’t you just love the bit about there being no bill but that not screening them from being paid. She must have been so much fun, mustn’t she?

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