}PWS4T}.mt 10 .hm 3 .pn 1 .h1Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N Newspape Rts. .h29 July 1989 Copyrigh 1989 .h3Page #. 968 words .fo .OJ OFF .ls2 MAR FURNESS WEDGWOO COLLECTOR Writte an photographe b Jun Grayson I yo ar goin t hav midlif crisis hav on earl enoug t enjo it Mar Furnes did an no sh an he hus ban ar havin th tim o thei lives. Unti sh wa thirt year old Furnes wa no intereste i antiques Sh worke a compan auditor Sh an he husban live i moder split-leve hom wit moder furniture. " can' explai why bu afte m thirtiet birthday antiques looke bette t me Mayb though tha wa gettin olde an shoul hav mor respec fo olde things, Furnes smiles Inexplicably sh bi $50.0 o blu an whit Wedgwoo tw-piec chees keepe a a antiqu auctio tha he brothe-i-la ha urge the t attend startin th chai o event tha ha turne thei live around " foun ou late tha m chees keepe wa no eve al Wedgwood Th blue d no matc perfectly Th botto piec i Wedgwood bu th to piec i fro anothe potter make wha  03  i calle "marriage i antiqu parlance Still tha on piec o imperfec Wedgwoo wa enoug t mak m wan more, Furnes continues Mar an he husban bega t ren booth a fle market t se i the coul b successfu i supportin thei ne passio fo collecting Thy convince themselve tha the coul mak money B mutua agreement sh qui he wor a a audito an no work ful tim a a antiqu deale i Antiqu I Marke St Charles Illinois He husban keep hi salarie positio a chemist bu spend hi spar tim refinishin antiqu furnitur an helpin he i thei sidelin business The ha t chang thei hom a wel a thei work The bough Victoria furnitur t properl displa he burgeonin Wedgwoo collection Neithe th Wedgwoo no antiqu furnitur looke goo i moder home s the bough bi Victoria hous rehabilitate b a are contractor Thei multipl col lection fi righ i wit th dar woodwork staine glas windows buil-i cubb-holes Victoria furniture an lac curtain whic no surroun them Throug al o th changes he Wedgwoo collectio an thei knowledg o antique jus kep growing "Th nic thin abou collectin Wedgwood, explain Furness "i tha s muc Wedgwoo i availabl t collectors Th ba thin i tha Wedgwoo i neve reall cheap.  0,  Yo ca g int an fin departmen stor o chin sho an bu ne Wedgwoo potter o china piece tha undoubtedl wil b sough afte b the collector an antiqu dealer o th future Al Wedgwoo i collectible bu som o i i mor collectibl tha other - no surprisingly fo compan tha ha bee i continuou productio fo 23 year an tha ha produce ware tha ca b classifie int 10 differen types. Eve i Colonia America individua dishe wer rar an familie at ou o communa servin bowls Whe wa wa foun t mas produc potter an china potter makin becam roa t upwar mobilit an wealt i th Eighteent an Nineteent centuries. Josia Wedgwood th founde o Wedgwood wa bor i 173 int famil o potters H had onl thre year o forma schoolin whe hi fathe die an h ha t g t wor a potter I 175 h starte hi ow factor i Burslem England;th busines wa immediatel successful Whe h die i 1795 h ha becom on o th wealthies me i England I spit o hi lac o forma schooling h wa scientis wh utilize th scientifi method Compan record sho tha h mad fiv thousan experiments eac on carefull recorded befor h wa satisfie tha h ha foun th bes formul fo hi no-fame jaspe ware  0,  H ha als bee credite wit bein on o th firs t develo principle o mas production Previously on potte ha mad on produc fro beginnin t end Wedgwoo brok th manufactur int separat operation tha wer don individuall b skille worker. Becaus o primitiv transportation h becam involve i politica an lega effort t buil bette canal an road throughou England. Skille i publi relations h gav som o hi chin t th Quee an s sh calle him "Potte t th Queen. H coul the advertis hi chin a "Queen' Ware. H wa frien o Georg Washingto an Benjami Frankli an mad Wedgwoo popula i Colonia America On o th firs t spea ou abou th evil o th slav trade, i 1778 h produce beautifu medallio i gol o crysta showin kneelin slav i chain wit th inscription "A no ma an brother? I spit o hi look h wa smal ma wit fac scarre b smal po an pe le fro a amputatio whe h wa 3 h wa lovin an wel-love ma o hi time H sai h woul rathe los mone tha houn peopl wh owe hi an re fuse t spen al o hi tim o hi ledgers H spen hi tim mor creativel developin ne product tha w cheris today.  0,  T mak thing eas fo th Wedgwoo collector th firs rul o Wedgwoo collectin i tha al Wedgwoo i marke Wedg wood eve befor trad law mad suc marking necessary.Th mark o Wedgwoo piec ca b interprete t establis th age type an identity o th piece I addition man Wedgwoo Societie an book exis tha ca hel educat th Wedgwoo collector Furnes i a comprehensiv collector wit representativ item fro th hundre o s varietie o Wedgwood Beginnin collector ma wan t specializ b limitin themselve t on are jaspe ware majolica blac basalt crea ware cameos,medallions plaques dra ware cane ware ches sets jewelry. Whateve you favorit ite o color chance ar tha yo ca fin som o i i Wedgwood #####