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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... experiments in a successful manner , soon altered this state of affairs , and the home market became stocked with home - made goods . Thus , instead of looking to foreign states for a supply of wares , England so success- fully competed ...
... experiments in a successful manner , soon altered this state of affairs , and the home market became stocked with home - made goods . Thus , instead of looking to foreign states for a supply of wares , England so success- fully competed ...
Page 96
... experiments was more than satisfactory to him . He soon obtained a preference for his ware over others , and amassed a comfortable fortune ; and thus flints became a general ingredient in the potter's materials . Samuel Astbury is said ...
... experiments was more than satisfactory to him . He soon obtained a preference for his ware over others , and amassed a comfortable fortune ; and thus flints became a general ingredient in the potter's materials . Samuel Astbury is said ...
Page 105
... experiments in the manufacture of " china . " Their experiments were eminently successful , both in the body and in the liquid glaze discovered by Wedgwood ; but heavy losses were the result , and the work was given up . The information ...
... experiments in the manufacture of " china . " Their experiments were eminently successful , both in the body and in the liquid glaze discovered by Wedgwood ; but heavy losses were the result , and the work was given up . The information ...
Page 106
... experiments , and in trying new applications of his art , that his brother became uneasy , and continually exhorted him to give up these flights of fancy and confine himself to the beaten track of his ancestors - an exhortation which ...
... experiments , and in trying new applications of his art , that his brother became uneasy , and continually exhorted him to give up these flights of fancy and confine himself to the beaten track of his ancestors - an exhortation which ...
Page 119
... experiments he had so long tried to a successful issue . Here , at twenty - nine years of age , he commenced business entirely on his own account , and soon showed to the world , not only the extraordinary capacity of his ever active ...
... experiments he had so long tried to a successful issue . Here , at twenty - nine years of age , he commenced business entirely on his own account , and soon showed to the world , not only the extraordinary capacity of his ever active ...
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