. 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. y 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 Staffordshir
. 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. y 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 date than 60 THE WEDGWOODS. the plain examples. Of this ware I possess some excellentspecimens, and others will be found in various ware was impressed from metal moulds, some of which,of extreme interest, are preserved in the Hanley In 1720 the discovery of the use of flint was made byAstbury, as will be shown in a future chapter, and to thisintroduction may be dated many of the improvements whichafterwards took place. Soon after this period the suu-pans, or tanks, in which the clay was allowed to lie until itbecame fit for use, were superseded by slip-kilns, inwhich the clays were prepared. In 1724 a patent was taken out by Eedrich and Jones for a new art or method, as well for staining, veining,spotting, clouding, damasking, or otherwise imitating thevarious kinds of marble, porphiry, and other rich stones, andtortoiseshell, on wood, stone, and earthenware, and all andevery such goods, wares, utensils, and things as are made,cut, or fashioned thereout, as for the making, marbling,veining, spotting, staining, clouding
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