{"id":333,"date":"2014-03-27T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/a-world-of-objects\/?p=333"},"modified":"2014-01-31T20:47:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:47:27","slug":"wedgwood-sons-pitcher-ca-1880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/wedgwood-sons-pitcher-ca-1880\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedgwood &amp; Sons Pitcher, ca. 1880"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_334\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-334 \" alt=\"Wedgwood Pitcher, ca. 1880, 2011.23\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JOSIAH WEDGWOOD &amp; SONS<br \/>GEORGE WOLLISCROFT RHEAD, decorator<br \/>English, from Etruria, Staffordshire<br \/>Pitcher, ca. 1880<br \/>ceramic<br \/>Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. in honor of Barry and Karen Mills<br \/>2011.23<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Born in Portland in 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bowdoin class of 1825, returned to teach French, Spanish and Italian languages in 1829. A young and successful professor, Longfellow soon accepted a professorship at Harvard College in 1834. By the mid-nineteenth century Longfellow retired from teaching, becoming one of America\u2019s first self-sustaining authors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_335\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-335 \" alt=\"Wedgwood Pitcher, ca. 1880, 2011.23\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.a-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.a-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.a-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.a-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/a-world-of-objects\/files\/2013\/12\/2011.23.a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JOSIAH WEDGWOOD &amp; SONS<br \/>GEORGE WOLLISCROFT RHEAD, decorator<br \/>English, from Etruria, Staffordshire<br \/>Pitcher, ca. 1880<br \/>ceramic<br \/>Gift of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. in honor of Barry and Karen Mills<br \/>2011.23<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the publication in 1877 of <i>K\u00e9ramos<\/i>, a poem about the potter\u2019s art, Boston china and glass merchant Richard Briggs, saw a way to market Longfellow\u2019s celebrity. He commissioned specially decorated pitchers from Josiah Wedgwood, one of England\u2019s leading ceramic manufactories. Featuring the poet\u2019s portrait and the first stanza of <i>K\u00e9ramos<\/i>, the pot\u2019s stylized ornament reflects aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts Movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Portland in 1807, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bowdoin class of 1825, returned to teach French, Spanish and Italian languages in 1829. A young and successful professor, Longfellow soon accepted a professorship at Harvard College in 1834. By the mid-nineteenth century Longfellow retired from teaching, becoming one of America\u2019s first self-sustaining authors. 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