. 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. 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 ornam
. 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. 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. Stone, where it was discovered some years ago. It is, aswill be seen, a fine urn, and is elaborately ornamented withincised lines. Like the Trentham urn, this one was filledwith burnt l)ones when found. The third one was dis-covered, in fragments, by Mr. Redfern, thehistorian of Uttoxeter, at Toot Hill, nearthat town. It is ornamented with indentedtwisted thongs in the usual manner. At Yoxall, some years ngo, it is recordedabout forty cinerary urns were discovered,but were, unfortunately, nearly all wantonlydestroyed. They ai)pear to have been ofthe nsuiil form, with somewhat elaboratezigzag ornaments. An urn, with tlie ujiper rim punctured
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