CHAPTEE XIV. 



INTRODUCTION OF THE MANUFACTURE OF CHINA INTO STAFFORD- 

 SHIRE. WILLIAM LITTLER AND AARON WEDGWOOD. 

 CHAMPION'S PATENT BOUGHT BY A COMPANY. WORKS 

 ESTABLISHED AT TUNSTALL. REMOVED TO SHELTON. NEW 

 HALL WORKS. SAMUEL HOLLLNS ; ANTHONY KEELING ; 

 JOHN TURNER; JACOB WARBURTON, AND OTHERS. EX- 

 AMPLES OF NEW HALL CHINA. JOSIAH WEDGWOOD ENTERS 

 INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH MR. CARTHEW FOR WORKING 

 CORNISH STONE. THOMAS BENTLEY VISITS PARIS. WEDG- 

 WOOD AND BENTLEY'S DUTCH AND FRENCH CATALOGUES. 



JOHN FLAXMAN. DEATH OF THOMAS BENTLEY. HIS 

 MONUMENT AT CHISWICK. PROPOSED INSCRIPTIONS TO II IS 

 MEMORY. 



AT the time when experiments were being made in various 

 parts of the kingdom, and when works were successfully 

 carried on at Chelsea, at Worcester, at Derby, and at many 

 other places, Staffordshire, long the great seat of the potter's 

 art, as I have shown, had made no progress in the manu- 

 facture of china, and its production remained a sealed book 

 to manufacturers in that county. It is true that one of its 

 sons had made experiments about the middle of last century, 

 and had produced some tolerably good pieces of ware, but no 

 other attempt had been made to introduce this important 

 manufacture into the locality which is now its principal 

 seat. The potter to whom I allude was William Littler, the 

 brother-in-law and partner of Aaron Wedgwood, of whom I 

 have before spoken, who, it seems, like many other pioneers 

 of science and manufacture, sacrificed his patrimony in the 

 cause, and found himself later in life rich in experience, but 



