Wedg|wood

Wedg|wood
Wedg|wood «WEHJ wud», noun, adjective. Trademark.
–n.
a kind of English pottery, especially with a blue or black glaze and a design of white-colored Greek and Roman models in relief.
–adj.
of or having to do with this kind of pottery: »

Wedgwood ware.

╂[< Josiah Wedgwood, 1730-1795, an English potter, who developed this kind of pottery and design]

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