Category: Meeting & Lecture Schedule

2025-2026

Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 2:00 P.M.  Members’ Participation: “Annual Wedgwood Bits & Pieces”; to be held remotely via Zoom.

Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 2:00 P.M.  Nicolaus Boston, “The Majolica Guru”, Author, Dealer in London: “19th Century Majolica: It’s All About Fashion”; to be held via Zoom 

Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 2:00 P.M.  Jonathan Mallinson, Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford: “The Art of Icing: Trailed Slip Decoration”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 2:00 P.M.  Sandy Olubas, Collector and Lecturer: “Wedgwood and Wine”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 2:00 P. M. The Elizabeth Chellis Memorial Lecture: Leslie Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics & Glass, Emerita, Winterthur: “Blooms Transported: Ceramic Vases & Floral Ornament”; and “Annual General Meeting”; to be held via Zoom

Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 11:00 A.M.  Members & Guests Participation: “Fourth Annual Summer Social”  at a Providence, RI Museum, followed by lunch.

2024-2025 Meeting and Lecture Schedule

Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 2:00 P.M.  Members’ Participation: “Annual Wedgwood Bits & Pieces”; to be held remotely via Zoom.

Sunday, November 17, 2024 at 2:00 P.M.  Bryding Adams, Curator Emerita, BMA: “Lucille Stewart Beeson: Wedgwood Collector & Donor Extraordinaire”; to be held via Zoom 

Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 2:00 P.M.  Woody Johnson, Collector: “All Eyes Were Fixed on the Vases:  A Gift of Wedgwood Jasper for the Emperor of China in 1793”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 2:00 P.M.  (Bonus meeting in conjunction with WSWDC), Wedgwood Curator: “Unpacking the V&A Wedgwood Collection, Part I”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 2:00 P.M.  Ben Miller, Curator Potteries Museum: “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2:00 P. M. The Elizabeth Chellis Memorial Lecture: Wedgwood Curator: “Unpacking the V&A Wedgwood Collection, Part II; and “Annual General Meeting”; to be held via Zoom

Saturday, July 19, 2025, at 12:00 pm.  Members & Guests Participation: “Third Annual Summer Social” to be held at a restaurant, followed by private collection tour, at members’ home in Mystic, CT.

2023-2024 Program

Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 2:00 P.M.  Members’ Participation: “Annual Wedgwood Bits & Pieces”; to be held in-person at the Dedham Museum and Archives, Dedham, MA 

Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:00 P.M.  Michael Ruddy, V&A archives: “The Ark” Wedgwood and European Refugees, 1933-1945; to be held via Zoom 

Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 2:00 P.M.  Adele Barnett, founder WSWDC: “Shell-Shock: Centuries of Wedgwood Shell Fancying”; to be held via Zoom 

Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 2:00 P.M.  Aileen Dawson, former British Museum curator: “Wedgwood and Royalty”; to be held via Zoom 

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 2:00 P.M.  The Elizabeth Chellis Memorial Lecture: Angelika Kuettner, Colonial Williamsburg ceramics curator: “Wedgwood in Virginia: Above and Below Ground”; and Annual General Meeting; to be held via Zoom 

Sunday, July 14, 2024.  Members & Guests Participation: “Annual Summer Social”; to be held in-person at a venue t/b/d 

2022-2023 Program

Sunday September 18, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. Members’ Participation: “Annual Wedgwood Bits & Pieces”; to be held in-person at the Dedham Museum and Archives, Dedham, MA

Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. Liz Collins: “A Love Affair with Wedgwood Through the Generations”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. Dale Bowen, former Wedgwood Master Potter: “My Works at Wedgwood and Beyond: A Discussion with Dale Bowen”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. Rebecca Klarner, Assistant Curator, V&A Wedgwood Museum:  “Norman Wilson at Wedgwood”; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. The Elizabeth Chellis Memorial Lecture: Peggy Kerner: “Who Was Eleanor Coade and What is Her Connection to Josiah Wedgwood”; and Annual General Meeting; to be held via Zoom

Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. Members & Guest Participation: “Annual Summer Social”; to be held in York, Maine, featuring a lobster/clam bake and visits to two private Wedgwood collections.

Sunday September 12, 2021 – 2:00 P.M. Dr. Nancy Ramage, Professor Emerita, Ithaca College: “Wedgwood and the Giustiniani Pottery: Greek and Roman influences from Naples and Pompeii”

Sunday, October 3, 2021 – 2:00 P.M. Peggy Kerner: “An Afternoon with Peggy: The Kerner Collection, A House Tour”

Sunday, November 14, 2021 – 4:00 P.M. Live and direct from Australia, Colin Jones: “Wedgwood’s Sydney Cove Medallion and Other Australian Flavor”

Sunday, January 16, 2022 – 2:00 P.M. Members’ Bits and Pieces: “Pieces That Have Never or Rarely Been Shown or Illustrated”

Sunday, February 13, 2022 – 2:00 P.M. Dr. Thomas Michie, Curator Emeritus, Boston MFA: “George Washington Wales: Boston’s Pre-eminent 19th Century Ceramics Collector & MFA Wedgwood Donor”

Sunday, March 13, 2022 – 2:00 P.M. Bob and Lucie Reichner: “The Reichner Collection: A Combination of Good Decorating and Obsessive Compulsion”

Sunday, May 15, 2022 – 2:00 P.M. The Elizabeth Chellis Memorial Lecture: Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch, Chief Curator, Birmingham MofA: “Wedgwood’s Studio Potters: An Overview and Conversation”; and Annual General Meeting