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Staffordshire Group, Vicar and Moses. Modelled by
Ralph Wood about 1750. Marked R. Wood, Burslem.
At British Museum. |
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Chapter I.—How to Collect. |
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Exterior of Works, Etruria |
37 |
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A Corner of Old Etruria Works |
41 |
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Mill for Grinding Raw Materials |
45 |
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The Thrower (showing the Potter's Wheel) |
49 |
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The Oven |
53 |
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The Dipping House |
57 |
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The Enamel Kiln |
61 |
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Chapter II.—Early Ware. |
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Mediæval Tiles |
85 |
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Toft Dish, dated 1671; Posset Pot, dated 1685 |
89 |
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Earthenware Jug (late 17th century) |
93 |
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Chapter III.—English Delft. |
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Lambeth Delft Jar (with Arms of Apothecaries' Company) |
103 |
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Lambeth Delft "Sack" Bottle, dated 1652 |
107 |
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Bristol Delft Plate, representing Balloon Ascent
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107 |
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Lambeth Delft Candlestick, dated 1648 |
111 |
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Old Dutch Brass Candlestick |
111 |
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Bristol Delft Plate and Bowl |
115 |
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Bristol Delft Dish, dated 1740 |
119 |
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Title-page and Illustration, from volume dated 1638 |
123 |
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Wincanton Delft Dish |
127 |
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Chapter IV.—Stoneware. |
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Stoneware Jugs, Bellarmine and other forms |
135 |
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Dwight Bust of James II., and Figures of Children Reading |
139 |
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Elers Coffee Pot, Mug, and Teapot |
143 |
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Astbury Teapots |
149 |
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Fulham Stoneware Mug (dated 1725) and Jug |
153 |
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Chapter V.—Early Staffordshire Ware. |
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Whieldon Ware Cauliflower Teapot |
161 |
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Tortoiseshell Ware Plate |
161 |
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Tortoiseshell Ware Teapot and Bowl and Cover |
167 |
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Group of Astbury Ware |
171 |
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Agate Cat and Salt-glazed Bear Jug |
171 |
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Whieldon Tortoiseshell Animals |
175 |
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Whieldon Group. St. George and the Dragon |
175 |
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Whieldon Toby Jugs |
179 |
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Groups of Early Staffordshire Jugs |
183 |
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Early Staffordshire Jugs |
189 |
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Chapter VI.—Salt-glazed Ware, Staffordshire. |
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Salt-glazed Teapots. Heart-shaped (Lovers') and Camel |
197 |
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Group of Salt-glazed Ware |
201 |
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Salt-glazed Teapot enamelled in colours |
205 |
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Salt-glazed Vase and Punch Bowl enamelled in colours |
209 |
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Salt-glazed Jug enamelled in colours
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213 |
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Chapter VII.—Josiah Wedgwood. |
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Cream Ware Dessert Basket and Centre-piece |
225 |
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Catherine II. of Russia Service—Cream Ware Plates |
233 |
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Busts of Rousseau and Voltaire |
233 |
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Black Basalt Teapot and Jasper Ware Tea Set |
241 |
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Jasper Vase—"The Apotheosis of Virgil" |
245 |
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Chapter VIII.—The School of Wedgwood. |
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Turner Jasper Vase—"Diana in her Chariot" |
261 |
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Adams Blue and White Jasper Vase |
261 |
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Turner Stoneware Teapot and Jug |
267 |
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Black Basalt Teapots by Birch and by E. Mayer |
271 |
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Stoneware Jugs by Spode and by Davenport |
277 |
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Black Basalt Teapot (early 19th century) |
277 |
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Chapter IX.—Leeds and Other Factories. |
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Leeds Cream Ware Centre-pieces |
291 |
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Leeds Cream Ware Group. Basket, Candlesticks, &c. |
295 |
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Mug and Jug. Leeds Cream Ware, decorated at Lowestoft |
299 |
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Leeds Cream Ware Plate and Mug |
303 |
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Staffordshire Jug, decorated at Lowestoft |
303 |
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Rockingham Teapot |
307 |
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Castleford Jug—Black Basalt |
307 |
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Chapter X.—Transfer-printed Ware. |
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Salt-glazed Plate—"Hercules and the Waggoner" |
319 |
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Transfer-printed Jug—"Diana in her Chariot" |
319 |
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Transfer-printed Jugs—"Duke of York" and "Success
to Trade" |
323 |
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Group of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Plates |
327 |
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Spode Under-glaze Blue-printed Plate and Jug |
331 |
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Turner Dish with Blue-printed "Willow pattern"
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331 |
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Spode Blue-printed Ware, "Tower" pattern |
335 |
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Blue-printed Dishes by Rogers and Adams |
341 |
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Blue-printed Dishes—one with Claude landscape |
345 |
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Chapter XI.—Staffordshire Figures. |
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Salt-glaze Figure and Figure of Cock marked R. Wood |
351 |
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Diana and Group, Birth of Venus |
355 |
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Group of Staffordshire Figures (Neale & Co.) |
355 |
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Eloquence, or St. Paul Preaching at Athens |
359 |
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Group Bacchus and Ariadne, and Figures of Venus and
Adonis |
363 |
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Busts of Bonaparte and Alexander of Russia |
367 |
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Figures of Falstaff |
371 |
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Staffordshire Figure decorated by Absalon, Yarmouth |
375 |
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Staffordshire Figures of Musicians (various) |
379 |
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Group of Toby Jugs |
383 |
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Cupid and Figures of Flower Boys |
387 |
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Figures of Fishwife and Mother Goose |
391 |
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Chapter XII.—Swansea and Other Factories. |
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Swansea Plates and Swansea Bulb-pots |
397 |
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Cambrian Vase, painted by Pardoe |
401 |
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Swansea Jug, painted by Evans |
401 |
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Swansea Transfer-printed Ware, Group of |
405 |
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Dillwyn's Etruscan Ware, Vase and Tazza |
405 |
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Portland Vase in Red Ware (Isleworth) |
409 |
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Liverpool Plate and Finely Painted Mug |
409 |
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Brown Stoneware Jugs (Isleworth) |
413 |
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Chapter XIII.—Lustre Ware. |
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Lustre Goblets and Gold Lustre Mugs |
425 |
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Silver Lustre Figures by Wood and Caldwell |
431 |
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Silver Lustre Jugs |
431 |
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Copper Lustre Mug and Group of Copper Lustre Ware
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437 |
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Chapter XIV.—Late Staffordshire Ware. |
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Dessert Plates and Dessert Dish (Mason's Patent Ironstone
China) |
447 |
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Granite China Vase, marked C J M & Co. |
451 |
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Transfer-printed Plates (C. Meigh & Son) |
455 |
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Set of Staffordshire Earthenware Vases, richly decorated |
455 |
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Group of Nelson Jugs |
459 |
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Transfer-printed Plate in Colours, subject—Steam Carriage |
463 |
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Old Print, New Steam Coach, dated 1827 |
463 |
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Transfer-printed Jug, representing Stephenson's Rocket |
467 |
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Cyder Mug, Transfer-printed, representing Railway Train |
467 |
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Doulton Stoneware Jug, with Bacchanalian subject |
471 |
