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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... figures of horses and men . Kilns for the manufacture of tiles existed in Staffordshire from an early period ; and the name of Telwright , or Tile- wright , is one connected with the pottery district for many centuries . At Great ...
... figures of horses and men . Kilns for the manufacture of tiles existed in Staffordshire from an early period ; and the name of Telwright , or Tile- wright , is one connected with the pottery district for many centuries . At Great ...
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... figures , inscriptions , & c . , and the patterns not unfrequently extended over four , nine , twelve , or more , tiles . The MEDIEVAL vessels made in Staffordshire , like those of other districts , were chiefly confined to pitchers and ...
... figures , inscriptions , & c . , and the patterns not unfrequently extended over four , nine , twelve , or more , tiles . The MEDIEVAL vessels made in Staffordshire , like those of other districts , were chiefly confined to pitchers and ...
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... figure , on the rim , which , THOMASTOF as usual , is trellised in red and black , is the name THOMAS TOFT . In the same museum is another remarkably fine dish bearing two full - length figures in the costume of the Stuarts , the ...
... figure , on the rim , which , THOMASTOF as usual , is trellised in red and black , is the name THOMAS TOFT . In the same museum is another remarkably fine dish bearing two full - length figures in the costume of the Stuarts , the ...
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... figure , to become the jest of the ale - house , and the byword of the people . Allusions to the Bellarmines are very common in the productions of the English writers of the period . Ben Jonson , among other allusions , says : -. 34 THE ...
... figure , to become the jest of the ale - house , and the byword of the people . Allusions to the Bellarmines are very common in the productions of the English writers of the period . Ben Jonson , among other allusions , says : -. 34 THE ...
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... figure , and with his " hard - mouthed " features impressed in front , be- came a popular and biting burlesque upon the cardinal after whom they were named . * The vulgar name of " mug " for the human face is most probably derived from ...
... figure , and with his " hard - mouthed " features impressed in front , be- came a popular and biting burlesque upon the cardinal after whom they were named . * The vulgar name of " mug " for the human face is most probably derived from ...
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