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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... important and truly beautiful art of " pot making , " so far as regards our own country , which has not yet been written , must and will one day - it is hoped ere long - form one of the most pleasing and instructive works which can be ...
... important and truly beautiful art of " pot making , " so far as regards our own country , which has not yet been written , must and will one day - it is hoped ere long - form one of the most pleasing and instructive works which can be ...
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... important district to which I have referred , and which is universally known as the " Staffordshire Potteries , " is naturally , like that of every place or seat of manufacture , involved in mystery . That mystery , however , happily is ...
... important district to which I have referred , and which is universally known as the " Staffordshire Potteries , " is naturally , like that of every place or seat of manufacture , involved in mystery . That mystery , however , happily is ...
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... therefore of great interest and importance . A notice of the discovery will be found in the " Reliquary , " vol . ii . p . 216 . C nearly black ; and one great peculiarity is , that. THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE . 17.
... therefore of great interest and importance . A notice of the discovery will be found in the " Reliquary , " vol . ii . p . 216 . C nearly black ; and one great peculiarity is , that. THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE . 17.
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... The manufacture of ornamental paving tiles was one of considerable importance till within the last two centuries , and many religious houses had their own tile - works and kilns within their. c 2 THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE . 19.
... The manufacture of ornamental paving tiles was one of considerable importance till within the last two centuries , and many religious houses had their own tile - works and kilns within their. c 2 THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE . 19.
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... important branch of the potter's art at Burslem at an early period , and it may be well to say a word or two upon them , for the purpose of exploding an opinion which I believe has gained very general credence , that , till the time of ...
... important branch of the potter's art at Burslem at an early period , and it may be well to say a word or two upon them , for the purpose of exploding an opinion which I believe has gained very general credence , that , till the time of ...
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