The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood, with memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families and a history of the early potteries of StaffordshireVirtue Brothers, 1865 - 436 pages |
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... Champion , of Bristol . - Removal of the China Works from Plymouth to Bristol . - Act of Parliament for extending Term of Patent Right . . . 223 CONTENTS . XV CHAPTER XIII . Josiah Wedgwood's Opposition in xiv CONTENTS .
... Champion , of Bristol . - Removal of the China Works from Plymouth to Bristol . - Act of Parliament for extending Term of Patent Right . . . 223 CONTENTS . XV CHAPTER XIII . Josiah Wedgwood's Opposition in xiv CONTENTS .
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... Champion's Bristol China . Decay of the Works . - Champion sells his Patent Right to a Company in Staffordshire CHAPTER XIV . Introduction of the Manufacture of China into Staffordshire .-- William Littler and Aaron Wedgwood . - Champion's ...
... Champion's Bristol China . Decay of the Works . - Champion sells his Patent Right to a Company in Staffordshire CHAPTER XIV . Introduction of the Manufacture of China into Staffordshire .-- William Littler and Aaron Wedgwood . - Champion's ...
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... Champion , of Bristol . - Removal of the China Works from Plymouth to Bristol . - Act of Parliament for extending Term of Patent Right · 223 CONTENTS . XV CHAPTER XIII . Josiah Wedgwood's Opposition in xiv CONTENTS .
... Champion , of Bristol . - Removal of the China Works from Plymouth to Bristol . - Act of Parliament for extending Term of Patent Right · 223 CONTENTS . XV CHAPTER XIII . Josiah Wedgwood's Opposition in xiv CONTENTS .
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... Champion's Bristol China .-- Decay of the Works . - Champion sells his Patent Right to a Company in Staffordshire Page 237 CHAPTER XIV . Introduction of the Manufacture of China into Staffordshire . - William Littler and Aaron Wedgwood ...
... Champion's Bristol China .-- Decay of the Works . - Champion sells his Patent Right to a Company in Staffordshire Page 237 CHAPTER XIV . Introduction of the Manufacture of China into Staffordshire . - William Littler and Aaron Wedgwood ...
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