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member," says Boulton, " we saw many such things at 

 Lord Bolingbroke's, which he brought over with him 

 from France." 



With respect to ordinary ware, the demands for 

 Wedgwood's manufactures were constantly increasing 

 in France, Italy, and over the continent generally, 

 as well as in North America and the West Indian 

 islands. See what Faujas de Saint Fond, Professor 

 of Geology in the Museum of Natural History, Paris, 

 says of the superior merits of Wedgwood's ware 

 in his Travels in England : " Its excellent work- 

 manship, its solidity, the advantage which it pos- 

 sesses of withstanding the action of fire ; its fine glaze 

 impenetrable to acids; the beauty, convenience, and 

 variety of its forms, and its moderate price, have created 

 a commerce so active and so universal, that in travelling 

 from Paris to St. Petersburg, from Amsterdam to the 

 farthest point of Sweden, from Dunkirk to the southern 

 extremity of France, one is served at every inn from 

 English earthenware. The same fine article adorns the 

 tables of Spain, Portugal, and Italy; and it provides 

 the cargoes of ships to the East Indies, the West Indies, 

 and America." 



Wedgwood was also greatly indebted to Sir William 

 Hamilton for his researches and discoveries in connec- 

 tion with ancient art. While Ambassador at Naples 

 he encouraged and supported the investigations at the 

 buried city of Herculaneum. In 1766-67 he published 

 his AntiqidUs Utrusques, which furnished Wedgwood 



