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1. wedgewood

   Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. It was rapidly successful and was soon one of the largest manufacturers of Staffordshire pottery, "a firm that has done more to spread the knowledge and enhance the reputation of British ceramic art than any other manufacturer", exporting across Europe as far as Russia, and to the Americas. It was especially successful at producing fine earthenware and stoneware that were accepted as equivalent in quality to porcelain (which Wedgwood only made later) but were considerably cheaper.Wedgwood is especially associated with the "dry-bodied" (unglazed) stoneware Jasperware in contrasting colours, and in particular that in "Wedgwood blue" and white, always much the most popular colours, though there are several others. Jasperware has been made continuously by the firm since 1775, and also much imitated. In the 18th century, however, it was table china in the refined earthenware creamware that represented most of the sales and profits.In the later 19th century, it returned to being a leader in design and technical innovation, as well as continuing to make many of the older styles. Despite increasing local competition in its export markets, the business continued to flourish in the 19th and early 20th centuries, remaining in the hands of the Wedgwood family, but after World War II it began to contract, along with the rest of the English pottery industry. After buying a number of other Staffordshire ceramics companies, in 1987 Wedgwood merged with Waterford Crystal to create Waterford Wedgwood plc, an Ireland-based luxury brands group. After a 2009 purchase by KPS Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, the group became known as WWRD Holdings Limited, an initialism for "Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton". This was acquired in July 2015 by Fiskars, a Finnish consumer goods company.

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1. Wedgewood

   Wedgewood is a census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,544 at the 2000 census.

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1. WEDGEWOOD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wedgewood is ranked #74826 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wedgewood surname appeared 258 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wedgewood.
   
   94.1% or 243 total occurrences were White.
   2.3% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wedgewood in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wedgewood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of wedgewood in a Sentence

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   Wedgewood Properties is pleased the illegal occupation of Wedgewood Properties Oakland home has ended peacefully, wedgewood Properties is what the company has sought since the start. We will now work with a non-profit, Shelter 37, to renovate the home giving opportunities to at-risk Oakland youths and splitting the profits with the non-profit so that other youths may benefit.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgewood
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wedgewood
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html