. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. pressions of gems, intaglios, seals, .medals, and evL-ryconceivable variety of ornament that could assist the greatmind of the master in the arrangement of his designs, andin extending the advantages of his manufiicture. AVhile speaking of Mr. ]\Iarjoribanks and his collection of * These exquisitely beautifid figures are modelled in white wax, the*cores, or strengtheners, being of twisted wire. They
. The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire. pressions of gems, intaglios, seals, .medals, and evL-ryconceivable variety of ornament that could assist the greatmind of the master in the arrangement of his designs, andin extending the advantages of his manufiicture. AVhile speaking of Mr. ]\Iarjoribanks and his collection of * These exquisitely beautifid figures are modelled in white wax, the*cores, or strengtheners, being of twisted wire. They are, as amatter of com-se, of a somewhat larger size than the jasper figures, so asto allow for shrinking by fire. 28G THE WEDGWOODS. the original models, it may be well to take the opportunityof saying a word or two on his collection of Wedgwood warein general. At his seat at Guisachan, Inverness-shire, thatgentleman has devoted two rooms to the works of the greatpotter, in which the walls, bookcases, and other pieces offurniture are decorated with plaques, medallions, &c., inlaidwith great taste. His collection contains many choiceexamples of the different wares produced by Wedgwood,. including among the jaspers, the celebrated DancingNymphs, the Head of Medusa, from Sir WilliamHamiltons original, the Muses with Apollo, the Fallof Phaeton, the Infant Academy, after Sir JoshuaReynolds, The Graces erecting the Statue of Cupid,* Diana visiting Endymion, from the Capitol at Rome,and many fine vases, including a rare pegasus vase in peach- SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS AND WRIGHT, OF DERBY. 287 green, 18^ inches high, and a pair of magnificent black andwhite vases, with signs of the zodiac, and triumphal paganprocession, 21 inches high, including pedestals, &c. In 1782 (May 9th and IGth) Josiah Wedgwood comnni-nicated to the Royal Society an account of an attempt tomake a Thermometer for measuring the higher degrees ofHeat, from a red-heat up to the strongest that vessels madeof clay can s
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