. 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. the deceased,while those ashes were of a glowing and intense heat. The Cinerary Urns — such urns as have contained,either inverted or otherwise, the burnt bones and ashes ofthe deceased—of Staffordshire, like those of Derbjshire,vary considerably in form from those of many other principal characteristic is a broad or deep overlappingborder or rim. They vary in size from nine or
. 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. the deceased,while those ashes were of a glowing and intense heat. The Cinerary Urns — such urns as have contained,either inverted or otherwise, the burnt bones and ashes ofthe deceased—of Staffordshire, like those of Derbjshire,vary considerably in form from those of many other principal characteristic is a broad or deep overlappingborder or rim. They vary in size from nine or ten up to ( ?->, THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 5 sixteen or eigliteen inches in height; and their ornamenta-tion, al\va3s produced by indenting twisted thongs into thepliant chiy, or by simjile incision, is frequently very ornamentation usually consists of diagonal lines, or of herring-bone or zigzag lines, arranged in different ways,and producing a remarkably good effect. Of these interest-ing vessels some excellent examples have been found inStaffordshire, and these were, without doubt, made on thespot. They are, therefore, the very earliest examples which. can be produced of Staffordshire pottery, and date back tothe time when that district was inhabited by the the form of Staffordshire pottery of this early period thebest idea will be gleaned from the accompanying first is a remarkably fine , discovered in 6 THE WEDGWOODS. a barrow, along with other pottery to be hereafter noticed,at Trentham. It is richly ornamented in the usual manner,with lines formed by indented twisted thongs, and is ofremarkably good form. It is in the possession of my friend,Dr. J. Barnard Davis, The next example is from
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