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Wedgwood was founded by Josiah Wedgwood, the ‘Father of English Potters’, in 1759. His first big success – and perhaps the greatest contribution to the British pottery industry – was the production of the first cream-colored earthenware. Later called Queen’s Ware by the Royal assent of Queen Charlotte in 1765, this inexpensive earthenware put fine, beautiful tableware within reach of a much wider range of consumers. Wedgwood’s most famous commission in Queen’s Ware was a 952 piece dinner and dessert service for Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1773/74, which featured free-hand paintings of 1,244 different English Scenes.