Wedgwood Hiring Book, 1837-1893

Type: Personnel records

Publisher & Place of Publication: Wedgwood

Number of Pages: numbered to 238, unpaged thereafter

Collection: The Wedgwood Museum Archive Collection

Collection Physical Description: Bound volume of hand written notes detailing Wedgwood employees between 1837 and 1893. The lists are arranged chronologically and contain information including names, occupation, start date of contract and salary details.

Collection Context: In the Mapping Sculpture database, the entries for people listed as modellers, figure makers and potters have been recorded. Other relevant professions that have not been recorded include dish makers, plate makers, throwers, mould makers etc.

Start Date: 1837

End Date: 1893

Archive collection/item number: E46-29232

Citing this record

'Wedgwood Hiring Book, 1837-1893', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/reference.php?id=msib4_1234953757, accessed 16 Aug 2022]