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Wedgwood Family Portrait by George Stubbs, 1780.
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First Day's vase thrown by Josiah Wedgwood, 1769.
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Tray of jasper trials, c.1773.
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Frog service plate made by Wedgwood for Catherine the Great, 1773-4.
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Library bust of Mercury, 1789-95.
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First edition Portland Vase, 1789-90.
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Darwin service Water Lily plate, 1810-20.
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White House service. Tureen made for the White House during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency, 1902-3.
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Fairyland Lustre bowl by Daisy Makeig-Jones, c.1920.
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Ferdinand the Bull figurine designed by Arnold Machin, c.1941.
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Green glaze vase by Keith Murray, c.1935.
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"Man and Space" sculpture by Glenys Barton, 1976-7.
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Josiah Wedgwood, 1795. Engraving by George Stubbs.
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