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THE WEDGWOODS. 



materials, and for the despatch of his finished goods to 

 various parts of the kingdom. These " Black Works/' in 

 their present state and it must be mentioned that they are 

 scarcely, if at all, different from the time when they were 



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THE 



ETRUHIA. 



first erected are shown, with the branch canal in front, in 

 the accompanying view, which has been specially taken for 

 the purpose. 



In the succeeding year, 1768, Josiah Wedgwood, finding 

 more and more that to be successful in his designs it was 

 necessary that he himself should be stationary with his 

 workmen, who possessed no principles of art save such as he 

 was constantly instilling into their minds, determined upon 

 making a change in his establishment, which he soon after- 

 wards happily carried out. Everything in the ornamental 

 portion of his works required the most scrupulous personal 

 attention, for the slightest deviation from the model or 

 drawing of an ornamental vessel would be fatal to its 

 success, and irretrievably mar its beauty. Much also had to 



