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THE WEDGWOODS. 



which had been enjoyed successively by Cookworthy, Cham- 

 pion, and the Staffordshire company, for a period of twenty- 

 eight years, expired ; but the company continued to make 

 the hard paste china, and to supply "composition" (many 

 potters finding it more convenient still to purchase instead 

 of make that essential) to other manufacturers. 



Hard paste porcelain, on the system of the patent, con- 

 tinued to be made at New Hall until about the year 1810 or 



1812, when the bone paste, which had been gradually making 

 its way in the distritc, finally superseded it, and the company 



continued their works on the newer system. In 1825, the 

 entire stock of the concern, which had for a short time been 



