. 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. f Delft ware are not uncommon, and theengraving on the following page, of the central pattern froma plate belonging to Mr. Mills, exhibits one very favouritestyle of ornamentation—that of having the names, &c., ofthe parties for whom the piece was made painted on good specimen of English Delft ware is shown in theinscribed puzzle jug engraved on a preceding page. Sometimes the colours introdu
. 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. f Delft ware are not uncommon, and theengraving on the following page, of the central pattern froma plate belonging to Mr. Mills, exhibits one very favouritestyle of ornamentation—that of having the names, &c., ofthe parties for whom the piece was made painted on good specimen of English Delft ware is shown in theinscribed puzzle jug engraved on a preceding page. Sometimes the colours introduced on Delft ware were otherthan blue, green, yellow, or red. Blue was, however, the pre-vailing colour for all decorations, and continued in use till theware ceased to be made. So accustomed had the Staffordshirepotters become to blue and white ware, from the time ofthe manufacture of Delft ware downwards, through thedifferent improvements of earthenware to the introduction THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 69 of blue printing-, that it became, as it were, almost a partand parcel of their manufacturing creed. I have heard itrelated of one manufacturer (whose name is well known in. the district) of the last century, who was a light-heartedmerry fellow, always fiddling, dancing, and humming tunes,that if any of his potters came to ask him what he was to dowith any piece then in progress, he would go on fiddling anddancing, while he sang out the reply— Tip it wl blew,An then itll dew. This the children of the neighbourhood soon caught ujj, andit became a popular rhyme, about the place. Another important variety of ware made in Staffordshirewas the white ware—a dirty, creamy looking white—which isusually, though erroneously, called Elizabeth^vn these a plate, for the purpose of exhibiting the raisedborder, is shown on the accompanying engraving, from anexample in the Museum of Practical Geology. The centre ofthis example is, of course, printed, and is of later
Size: 1491px × 1675px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookidwedgwoodsbei, bookyear1865
