. 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. classical subjects, besides bacchanalian and other of one of these models for a plaque (19 inches longby 10 inches in height) of cupids, with masks and ivy above,are shown on the engravings on this and two following are exquisitely, but at the same time powerfully,modelled in red wax on a slab of slate. In Mr. Marjori-banks possession are also a pair of beautifully-designe
. 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. classical subjects, besides bacchanalian and other of one of these models for a plaque (19 inches longby 10 inches in height) of cupids, with masks and ivy above,are shown on the engravings on this and two following are exquisitely, but at the same time powerfully,modelled in red wax on a slab of slate. In Mr. Marjori-banks possession are also a pair of beautifully-designedcrocus jardinieres, of a delicate and lovely pink and white,on which these very figures are introduced. At Etruria some of Flaxmans original models in wax. MODELS BY FLAXMAN, LADY TEMPLE, AND OTHERS. 285 on slabs of slate, are also still preserved. One of these isthe Mercury uniting the Hands of England and France,of which I have just spoken. The original wax models ofsome of Flaxmans chessmen are also still in being, though,unfortunately, in a very fragmentary and dihapidated con-dition.* At Etruria also are original wax models by LadyTemple and others, and innumerable models, moulds, and. impressions 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, b
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