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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... interesting to his countrymen , who enjoy to so great an extent the results of his talents , his skill , and his industry ; and I have therefore thrown together the following notes , to give an insight into the state of that art , and ...
... interesting to his countrymen , who enjoy to so great an extent the results of his talents , his skill , and his industry ; and I have therefore thrown together the following notes , to give an insight into the state of that art , and ...
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... interesting to trace out the gradual progress of an art , whatever that art may be ; but in the case of pottery that interest is increased an hundred- fold . The art of pot making is essentially a homely one ; its vessels are for the ...
... interesting to trace out the gradual progress of an art , whatever that art may be ; but in the case of pottery that interest is increased an hundred- fold . The art of pot making is essentially a homely one ; its vessels are for the ...
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... interesting relics , in a barrow at Monsal Dale , where it was inverted over a deposit of calcined bones , placed on surface stones , and a bone pin was found among the remains . Two other urns , a part of a most interesting discovery ...
... interesting relics , in a barrow at Monsal Dale , where it was inverted over a deposit of calcined bones , placed on surface stones , and a bone pin was found among the remains . Two other urns , a part of a most interesting discovery ...
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... interesting remains . The food - vessels - small urns so called because they were apparently intended to contain an offering of food - vary very considerably both in form and in character of decora- tion , from the rudest to the most ...
... interesting remains . The food - vessels - small urns so called because they were apparently intended to contain an offering of food - vary very considerably both in form and in character of decora- tion , from the rudest to the most ...
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... in the possession of my friend Mr. J. F. Lucas , whose collection contains many interesting examples of fictile art . have been discovered . The pottery of this period consists. THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE . 11.
... in the possession of my friend Mr. J. F. Lucas , whose collection contains many interesting examples of fictile art . have been discovered . The pottery of this period consists. THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE . 11.
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