Stoke secures precious Wedgwood vase after fundraising campaign hits target
A campaign to ensure a rare piece of pottery made by master potter Josiah Wedgwood remains in Stoke-on-Trent has been successful – just days before a deadline was due to expire.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council and the Friends of the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery had been told they would need to raise the £482,500 purchase price to keep Wedgwood’s First Day’s Vase in the city after it was sold at auction to an oversees buyer. A temporary export bar was placed on it by the Government in December, which was extended until July... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
