. 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. able pottery existed, andthat the clays of Staftbrdshire must have been well knownto the Romans. Chesterton, by Newcastle-under-Lyme,was a Roman station, and a Roman road traversed thedistrict of the present potteries. On this line of road frag-ments of the different wares of that people have frequentlybeen found; and, as I have just stated, there can be butlittle doubt that many of them were made o
. 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. able pottery existed, andthat the clays of Staftbrdshire must have been well knownto the Romans. Chesterton, by Newcastle-under-Lyme,was a Roman station, and a Roman road traversed thedistrict of the present potteries. On this line of road frag-ments of the different wares of that people have frequentlybeen found; and, as I have just stated, there can be butlittle doubt that many of them were made on the spot. Iam inclined to believe that at least some of the finer kindof red ware, commonly known as English Saraian, weremade in Staffordshue. At all events, the clay would pro-duce that ware, and many remains ofit have from time to time been foundin the district. At Cauldon, at Wetton, and inmany other parts of Staffordshire,Romano - British pottery has fromtime to time been found, some atleast of which there is reason to be-lieve was made in the district. Theaccompanying engraving shows an urn from the neigh-bourhood of Uttoxeter. Some of the more usual forms of Romano-British pottery,.
Size: 1616px × 1545px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookidwedgwoodsbei, bookyear1865
