. 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. red, in simple and pure taste, and true to nature;a centre and sides with tine figures; and a remarkably elegantand beautifully potted whey jug and cover, formerly in myown collection. In the Museum of Practical Geology is anexample of this printing, the design on one side of which isa group at tea—a lady pouring out tea for a gentleman, andon the opposite side the verse :— Kindly take this gift of
. 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. red, in simple and pure taste, and true to nature;a centre and sides with tine figures; and a remarkably elegantand beautifully potted whey jug and cover, formerly in myown collection. In the Museum of Practical Geology is anexample of this printing, the design on one side of which isa group at tea—a lady pouring out tea for a gentleman, andon the opposite side the verse :— Kindly take this gift of mine. The gift and giver I hope is thine ;And tho the value is but small,A loving Heart is worth it all. In my own possession are, among other pieces of early 152 THE WEDGWOODS. Queens ware, some marked plates which fit with the mecha-nical nicety so well pointed out by Mr. Gladstone, and asaucer of a pure cream colour, ornamented with a simplescreen border of foliag-e between rich red lines. This saucerbears the impressed mark WEDGrWOOD, not at the bottom,but on its side. The centre and side pieces to which I have just alluded, inMr. Halls possession (one of the pieces of which is here. engraved), are among the choicest examples now existing ofWedgwoods Queens ware. The baskets are beautifully BAD STATE OF THE ROADS. 153 perforated, and are each supported by three exquisite figureson bases. They are of large size, and must have been amongthe best and most costly productions of the works. The manufticture of Queens ware, as I have said, soonbecame general throughout the district, and numerous manu-facturers sprang up around the great centre, Wedgwood,ready to adopt whatever improvements by his great skill andhis indomitable perseverance he should from time to timemake, and to build their fortunes on the results of hislabours. The consequence was that, as we have seen hesaid, there were one hundred manufactories of Queens wareinstead of one, and ten thousand workmen employed
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