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Designers & Modelers

Designers & Modelers

A selection of the most influential designers and modellers to have worked for Wade.

Faust Lang
Faust Lang was born to Andreas and Lucie Lang in Oberammergau in Southern Germany. Lang’s father and grandfather were wood carvers in Oberammergau, and his father also played St. Peter in the Passion Play in …
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Colin Melbourne
Colin Melbourne (1928–2002) Sculptor, Designer and One of Britain’s Great Ceramic Artists Colin Melbourne (1928–2009) was one of the most gifted ceramic modellers to emerge from the Staffordshire Potteries. Although none of …
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Jessie Van Hallen
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William Harper
William Harper is without doubt one of the most influential people to have worked for Wades and created many of the most loved Wade pieces. He was a modeller for …
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