CHAPTER IV. 



THOMAS WHIELDON. THE ENLARGEMENT OF HIS WORKS. 

 "HIRINGS" OF WORKMEN. EXTRACTS FROM WHIELDON'S 



ACCOUNT-BOOK. JOSIAH SPODE : HIS APPRENTICESHIP 

 AND AFTER HIRING. TORTOISESHELL WARE. EXPIRATION 

 OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THOMAS WHIELDON AND JOSIAH 



WEDGWOOD. WEDGWOOD COMMENCES BUSINESS AT BURS- 



LEM. TAKES THE " IVY HOUSE" POT WORKS. DESCENT 

 OF THE IVY HOUSE PROPERTY. JOHN AND THOMAS WEDG- 

 WOOD OF THE "BIG HOUSE." BURSLEM SHAMBLES, ETC. 



HAVING traced the career of Josiah Wedgwood from his 

 birth down through the period of his apprenticeship and his 

 affliction, and so on, through his short partnership with 

 Harrison, at the start of life, to the time when he was fairly 

 embarked in business with his second partner, Thomas 

 Whieldon, at Feriton, it will now be interesting to give some 

 few further particulars relating to Whieldon, and to his 

 works, and to the varieties of wares produced by him ; and I 

 am enabled to do this partly by the aid of the original aocount- 

 book kept by Whieldon, which is now in my possession. 



In 1749, Thomas Whieldon built for himself an addition 

 to his works, and as these were the works at which Wedg- 

 wood, as a partner, carried on his business, the following 

 account of the " Expenses of the new end & Seller of the 

 Over Work-house," copied from the curious old account- 

 book to which I have alluded, will be found to possess much 

 interest : 



