58 THE WEDGWOODS. 



and more homely kind of goods of that peculiar kind made 

 in this country ; and the next illustration will show an 

 example of the Delft ware to which I have alluded as being 

 said to have been made in Liverpool, from the splendid 

 museum of my friend Mr. Mayer, F.S.A. It is one of a pair 



of flower-pots of Delft ware richly decorated in blue, and. 

 having heads at their sides.' 



Dated examples of Delft ware are not uncommon, and the 

 engraving on the following page, of the central pattern from 

 a plate belonging to Mr. Mills, exhibits one very favourite 

 style of ornamentation that of having the names, &c., of 

 the parties for whom the piece was made painted on them. 

 A good specimen of English Delft ware is shown in the 

 inscribed puzzle jug engraved on a preceding page. 



Sometimes the colours introduced on Delft ware were other 

 than blue, green, yellow, or red. Blue was, however, the pre- 

 vailing colour for all decorations, and continued in use till the 

 ware ceased to be made. So accustomed had the Staffordshire 

 potters become to " blue and white " ware, from the time of 

 the manufacture of "Delft ware" downwards, through the 

 different improvements of earthenware to the introduction 



