CHAPTER V. 



THE " OVERHOUSE." THOMAS COLCLOUGH. MADAM EGERTON 

 -TH03 

 THE 



MEN. MATTHEW BOULTON OF THE SOHO WORKS. CALLING 

 WORKMEN BY SOUND OF HORN. CUPOLA AND BELL. 

 THE "BELL WORKS:" THEIR OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS. 

 WEDGWOOD'S " QUEEN'S WARE." PRESENTS A CAUDLE 

 SERVICE TO QUEEN CHARLOTTE. APPOINTED " QUEEN'S 

 POTTER." THE " QUEEN'S PATTERN " SERVICES. CREAM- 

 COLOURED WARE. ENGINE LATHE. " QUEEN STREET " 

 TAKES ITS NAME FROM HIS WORKS. 



THOMAS WEDGWOOD, the elder brother of Josiah, and to 

 whom, indeed, the boy was, as I have already shown, appren- 

 ticed, owned and resided at the " Overhouse," at Burslem. 

 Of this place, to which I have already alluded, it will now 

 be necessary to my narrative to give some particulars. The 

 Overhouse, which is now the residence of Mr. W. E. Twigg, 

 chief bailiff of Burslem an office almost tantamount to that 

 of mayor in other places -is a large and somewhat imposing- 

 looking house, opposite to what is now called " Wedgwood 

 Place." It stands back from the street, the grounds being 

 enclosed by a wall where, in Wedgwood's time, wooden 

 railings stood. The " carcase " of the house is, I believe, 

 precisely the same as when occupied by Thomas Wedgwood, 

 but modern windows have been substituted for the old leaden 

 casements, the roof and doorway have been altered, and 

 other changes made, so as to con'vert it into a residence 

 suited to present requirements. 



