254 THE WEDGWOODS. 



The commoner description of goods, the blue and white 

 ware, seem to have been, very naturally, considered by 

 Champion to be the branch most likely to pay him, com- 

 mercially, and this he at one time cultivated to a greater 

 extent than any other. The patterns in many cases being 

 almost identical with those of Worcester and other places 

 which, of course, arose from the fact of the different 

 works copying from the same original Oriental models the 

 ware made by Champion is sometimes apt to be appropriated 

 by collectors to that manufactory. It may, however, easily 

 be distinguished by those who are conversant with the pecu- 

 liarities of its make. 



In blue and white, Champion produced dinner, tea, and 

 coffee services, toilet pieces, jugs, mugs, and all the varieties 

 of goods usually made at that period. The blue is generally 

 of good colour, and the painting quite equal to that of other 

 manufactories. Some of these pieces are embossed, and of 

 really excellent workmanship. A good deal of the blue and 

 white ware was marked with the usual cross, but it appears 

 more than probable that the greatest part of this kind of 

 goods passed out of the works unmarked. 



Another characteristic class of goods made by Champion 



was the imitation of the most common Chinese patterns, 

 examples of which, from my own collection, are shown in 

 the accompanying engraving of a saucer and a teapot. 

 One of the choicest examples of the highest class of Bristol 



