Wedgwood

A few days ago I decided to take away the old pots and saucers the former owner left behind. The pots were only ordinary pots, but low and behold what I found under the eons of dirt and grime collected on the saucers. Wedgwood! Bloody Wedgwood! This is classic goods from the United Kingdom right here at the heart of The Village. OK, I know it's not like having a Chippendale cabinet in your garden, but still. It is not IKEA, mind you.

However, this is not the Wedgwood I think is most famous. Enoch Wedgewood was a distant cousin to the world famous pottery designer, abolishionist and inventer Josiah Wedgewood. But I would like to believe that old Enoch made more for the common man in order to fill homes to the brink with nice pottery, so maybe this actually is the more famous Wedgwood.

Wedgwood & Co became Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd. in 1965 and is since 1980 Unicorn Pottery. Which name do you prefer? So much for heritage. Balmoral, yes, there is a certain likeness of my little house and the famous royal castle in Scotland...

And if you can take the very british flower decoration Wedgwood is definitely something.