there are several sherds of gadroon-edgc plates and 

 baskct-wcave-and-lattice plates, as well as a piece of 

 a teapot cover. Tortoiseshell ware was advertised 

 in Boston newspapers from 1754 to 1772 (fig. 71).'^" 

 ()uEF.NS\v.-\RE. — ^Josiah Wedgwood brought to perfec- 

 tion the crcaniware bod\- about 1765, naming it 

 "Quecnswarc" after receiving Queen Charlotte's 

 patronage. Wedgwood took out no patents, so that a 

 great nian\' factories followed suit, notably Humble, 



"6 Dow, op. cit. (footnote 178), pp. 85-9.i. 



Figure 73. — l''RAf;MiiNr of Queexsware platter with 

 portion of Wedstwood mark. 



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Figure 74. — English white earthe.nwares: a, "pearlware" with blue-and-white chinoiserie 

 decoration, late 18th centuiT; b, two whitcware sherds, one "sponged" in blue and 

 touched with yellow, the other "sponged"' in gray; c, shell-edge and polychrome wares, 

 early 19th century; and d, polychrome Chinese porcelain. 



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