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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... four - handled . 38 . 39 . 40 . three - handled two - handled 41. Candlestick of 1649 42. Two butter - pots with bosses DERBY MUSEUM . L. JEWITT . Ditto . Ditto . Ditto . Ditto . Ditto . LADY CREWE . ( MUSEUM PRACTICAL GEOLOGY . BATEMAN ...
... four - handled . 38 . 39 . 40 . three - handled two - handled 41. Candlestick of 1649 42. Two butter - pots with bosses DERBY MUSEUM . L. JEWITT . Ditto . Ditto . Ditto . Ditto . Ditto . LADY CREWE . ( MUSEUM PRACTICAL GEOLOGY . BATEMAN ...
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... four examples from prints . five examples from tokens . Charles II . Ditto . William III . Ditto . two examples 1689 FAIRHOLT . CROKER . made by Charles Riggs L. JEWITT . group of old Broseleys 59. Puzzle jug , John Wedgwood , 1691 60 ...
... four examples from prints . five examples from tokens . Charles II . Ditto . William III . Ditto . two examples 1689 FAIRHOLT . CROKER . made by Charles Riggs L. JEWITT . group of old Broseleys 59. Puzzle jug , John Wedgwood , 1691 60 ...
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... four great divisions into which the history of the Ceramic Art of this country is to be divided ( leaving out the modern manufactures ) are , of course , those of the Celtic or ancient British , the Romano - British , the Anglo - Saxon ...
... four great divisions into which the history of the Ceramic Art of this country is to be divided ( leaving out the modern manufactures ) are , of course , those of the Celtic or ancient British , the Romano - British , the Anglo - Saxon ...
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... four , nine , twelve , or more , tiles . The MEDIEVAL vessels made in Staffordshire , like those of other districts , were chiefly confined to pitchers and jugs , of much the same form as the Norman ones just given , and to costrels and ...
... four , nine , twelve , or more , tiles . The MEDIEVAL vessels made in Staffordshire , like those of other districts , were chiefly confined to pitchers and jugs , of much the same form as the Norman ones just given , and to costrels and ...
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... four , or more handles , pitchers , and other vessels , were however made , and are not unfrequently to be met with in the hands of collectors . the seventeenth century these large coarse dishes and other vessels were made at Burslem ...
... four , or more handles , pitchers , and other vessels , were however made , and are not unfrequently to be met with in the hands of collectors . the seventeenth century these large coarse dishes and other vessels were made at Burslem ...
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