1 1 6 Josiah Wedgwood CHAP. 



Burslem to Newport Street in London when the show- 

 rooms were opened there, and was one of the principal 

 supports of Wedgwood's Art School in Chelsea. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Wilcox travelled to London in 1769 by waggon, 

 and were a week on the road. They were met at the 

 " Coach and Horses " by some of the people from New- 

 port Street, and were conveyed to their lodgings until 

 accommodation could be provided for them at Chelsea. 

 Mrs. Wilcox was a brave and valiant woman. She 

 brought her pencils and brushes tied in a bundle, 

 carefully preserved from the tread of the waggon folk. 

 She brought her tools, but, still more important, she 

 brought herself. Her husband always admitted that 

 she was much greater than he himself was. She 

 long worked for Wedgwood, and indeed died in his 

 service. 



Among the women workers for Wedgwood, Mrs. Laridre 

 stood pre-eminent. She modelled Tritons, Sea-nymphs, 

 Sphinxes, Naiads, Bacchantes, and draped figures male 

 and female. She also modelled Candelabra on a large 

 scale. Miss Pars and Miss Glesson were also amongst 

 those who were employed in the decoration of the 

 Kussian Service. Wedgwood was much indebted to 

 Mrs. Southwell, who visited his works at Etruria. 

 "She knows," he wrote to his partners, "the Art of 

 disposing the most beautiful productions of Nature in 

 the most agreeable, picturesque, and striking manner." 

 ... He again adds, "Mrs. Southwell is a charming 

 woman. I am more and more in love with her every 



