Enoch Wedgwood

Enoch Wedgwood (1813–1879) was an English potter, founder in 1860 of the pottery firm Wedgwood & Co of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. He was a distant cousin of the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood, of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons but their two businesses were separate concerns.

Wedgwood married Jane Mattinson (1814–1880) in 1837. They had four children, one of whom died in infancy:

Edmund Mattinson Wedgwood (1840–1904), potter. Charlotte (1843–?) Alfred Joseph Wedgwood (1845–1846) died in infancy. Alfred Enoch Wedgwood (1850–1894), potter.

Enoch Wedgwood became a partner in the firm of Podmore Walker & Co, originally founded in 1834 by Thomas Podmore (1791–1860) & Thomas Walker of Tunstall. Following the death of Thomas Podmore in 1860, Enoch Wedgwood inherited a share in the interests of the business left to him by Podmore. The firm carried in under the name of Wedgwood & Co. In later years Wedgwood & Co was renamed Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd in 1965 and in 1980 it was taken over by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, who renamed it Unicorn Pottery.

+ Factory marks on pottery for company line (some marked "founded in 1835") start year end year company name 1834 1860 Podimore Walker & Co. 1860 1965 Wedgwood & Co. 1965 1980 Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Ltd 1980 -- Unicorn Pottery