Edited by L. Richard Smith.
Included in this 40 page issue—
- John Skeaping’s Kangaroo, an article by Nicholas Skeaping, son of the famous artist.
- Wedgwood at the International Exhibition, Sydney, 1879–80 by Richard Smith. Examines the items Wedgwood sent for display at this exhibition including two large vases which have been in store for many years and now are being prepared for exhibition.
- The Earliest Wedgwood in Australia? A Patent Water Closet for Major A.C. Innes at Port Macquarie. Zena and Paul Thomas examine a Wedgwood water closet from the 1830s—the earliest verifiable piece of Wedgwood in Australia.
- Josiah Wedgwood—Family Man. Lynn Miller of the Wedgwood Museum writes about Wedgwood's close relationship with his wife and children.
- Australian Flora: Not the 'A' Patterns. The second issue of the Review included a study of Australian Flora designs on dinnerware which carried an 'A' pattern number. To complement this article we now publish a list of Australian Flora with other pattern numbers.
- The Wedgwoods Abroad. Josiah writes to his son in Holland where he has taken the Portland Vase on a promotional tour.
40 pages, 24.5x15.5 cm (9¾x6 ins), illustrated, soft cover.
Price: AU$12.00 per copy plus postage.
Edited by L. Richard Smith.
Included in this 40 page issue which includes a colour ‘centrefold’—
- The Wedgwood factory and how its workmen responded to the call in World War I. Some familiar names are here and details of a special limited edition medallion produced and personalised for those who had served. Includes a reproduction of the Roll of Honour card that was included with each medallion.
- Wedgwood’s Australian Flora series of dinnerware produced in the 1880s, with a fascinating display of Australian wildflowers copied from designs by a Sydney woman.
- A brief profile of Camilla Wedgwood, well known anthropologist who spent over 20 years in Australia in the first half of the 20th century.
- Almost the first Wedgwood in Australia — Joseph Banks and his Wedgwood dinner services.
- A prestigious exhibition of Wedgwood at Sydney’s Anthony Hordern’s department store in 1914.
- Two previously unpublished articles by Josiah Wedgwood himself, the founder of the firm, one of them on floor tiles!
Price: AU$12.00 per copy plus postage.
Included in this issue:
- “Fingerprinting the Sydney Cove Medallion” by Richard Smith.
- “This-- ‘...incurable madness’” by Lynn Miller.
A profile of Thomas Byerley. - “St. Amputation Day” by Paul Thomas.
Wedgwood had his right leg amputated in 1768, we attempt to appreciate what such an operation must have been like at that time. - “A Wedgwood Descendant in Queensland” by Joan Cowan.
- “My Mixed Reception in Sydney - 1886” by Richard Tangye.
How a museum missed out on a valuable gift. - “Green and Gold - that Teaset for Queen Charlotte” by Richard Smith.
- and pieces from the Wedgwood archives including a letter from Josiah Wedgwood to his son in Paris expressing his objection to drinking wine and Josiah's thoughts on making marbles from jasper.
Price: AU$10.00 per copy plus postage.
This is the Second Revised Edition published in 1999 by the Wedgwood Society of NSW, Sydney. Limited to 500 copies signed by the author. 28 pages, A5 size (8¼x6 ins), illustrated, soft cover.
Price: AU$10.00 per copy plus postage.
Published in 1997 by The Wedgwood Press, Sydney. 16 pages, A5 size (8¼x6 ins), soft cover.
Price: AU$5.00 per copy plus postage.
Published in 1987 by The Wedgwood Press, Sydney. 34 pages, A5 size (8¼x6 ins), illustrated, soft cover.
Price: AU$10.00 per copy plus postage.
The three books above together with a Jasper Kangaroo Cameo in your choice of colour. See below for details of the Kangaroo Cameo.
Price: This is a AU$40.00 value for AU$29.95, plus postage.
