wedgwood rejects/seconds

[D Kelly]

where can i buy wedgwood edme seconds.

d.kelly

[MargeB]

I think there's a shop in Regent St London?

[acw]

http://www.chinacraft.co.uk/

This website sells apparently "cheap" Edme.  I can't really tell if it's seconds or not, so I've taken the liberty of offering the link anyway on the assumption that you're more interested in price, and would happily buy "firsts" if the price is right!  Sorry if that was wrong!

Anna

[toecrusher]

there is a seconds dept at the wedgewood pottery in the cotswolds, we visited at easter but cant remember the name of the place, will try and find receipt tomoz and come back to you

[acw]

How embarassing!  I'm from the Cotswolds! *blushes*  I don't remember a place at all.  There's a factory shop in Worcester, but I don't think that's Wedgewood!

http://www.thewedgwoodvisitorcentre.com/pyv_directions.asp I also found this - but that's in Stoke-on-Trent, so toecrusher must have another option for you - when that receipt comes to light! :-)

[toecrusher]

well iv made a right fool of myself now,!  its royal worcester, not wedgewood im thinking of. very sorry to have mislead you.

[acw]

Don't worry toecrusher.  I certainly don't think you're a fool and I'm sure D Kelly doesn't either.  :-) I will just say that Worcestershire doesn't normally get counted as part of the Cotswolds either, but it's the same neck of the woods! :-)

[toecrusher]

thanks acw, geography has never been my strong point,the only time my husband and i argue is when i have to read a map!!!  First time i had been to cotswolds/worcestershire, what a beautiful part of the country, hoping to do a narrowboat holiday on the oxford canal some time in the future.

[acw]

You do realise that Oxford is south of the Cotswolds and even further south of Worcs!?  It's a nice part of the world, but not Cotswolds at all! :-p  Anyway, let us not hijack! 

D Kelly - I hope you find your china! :-)

[WoWo]

You can't buy them because any seconds at the wedgewood factory are destoryed and never sold.

They did have a few discount shops at various outlet centers but these were never seconds.

[pixiecoo]

Hi D Kelly

There is a Wedgwood seconds Shop at King Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent. Phone [phone]. 

've been there, bought lots of stuff there, including Edme, and I've just finished a mug of tea in one of the mugs from there. Andt hey are definitely seconds - you can see some sort of flaw in most of them.  Tiny but there if you look. And really cheap.  I think this mug cost 1 pound.  (Sorry no pound sign on my keyboard).  They are open 7 days but you should call and check for hours.

And they do destroy a lot - heartbreaking to see it outside and sometimes you can hear it being broken - but there's still lots in the shop.  And I believe they will ship worldwide.

Kerry

[cwesti]

OMG, you have just confirmed something I wanted to know for a few yrs. If it's really true that they smash up seconds Then maybe that is true for all tests that they do.
I posted the following in another forum to try get an answer>

The plate is cream Edme with a colourful flower pattern(not the conway) and a fluted edge

On the back it is clearly marked with (no.17 Test), it also has a no.22 lower down in smudged pink ink.

It has the Wedgwood impressed mark although a little rough. Underneath the mark are (sor 8, B or R, 51 or 57 difficult to make out). All the marks are under the glaze.

According to my bro it's rare not nessasarily old, because apparently anything other than perfect never left the factory. Everything else had to be smashed up so it would never get into circulation.