CHAPTER XVII. 



JASPER WARE. TURNER'S PRODUCTIONS. WEDGWOOD'S IN- 

 VENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES. EXAMPLES OF JASPER. 

 MR. HALL'S COLLECTION. MR. GLADSTONE'S COLLECTION. 

 DEJEUNE SERVICE. JASPER BEADS. CLASSES OF 

 WEDGWOOD'S PRODUCTIONS. INTAGLIOS AND MEDAL- 

 LIONS. SEALS, BRACELETS, ETC. PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS. 



- BAS-RELIEFS AND PLAQUES. BLACK WARE, OR 



" BASALTES." BUSTS AND STATUES. LAMPS AND CANDE- 

 LABRA. TEA AND COFFEE EQUIPAGES. FLOWER AND 



ROOT POTS. VASES. SEPULCHRAL URNS. ETRUSCAN 



VASES. INK-STANDS, MORTARS, ETC. STUBBS, THE 



"ANIMAL PAINTER." THERMOMETERS FOR MEASURING 



HEAT. 



AND now, before the eventful and useful life of Wedg- 

 wood, which I have so far traced through its various phases, 

 fairly draws to its close, let me pause to give some few 

 notices of his beautiful productions, as promised in my last 

 chapter, and to add a few words to what I have already said 

 on some of the more noted examples which have come under 

 my notice. And here, too, let me make my final quotation 

 final, because it is the last which was written from the 

 original manuscript memoir, to which I have so often had 

 occasion to refer in this my biography of the " great Josiah." 

 I quote it because it refers to the jasper ware, about which, 

 especially, I am about to speak. " These events," says the 

 narrative, " were succeeded by a discovery of very consider- 

 able importance to the plastic art, and which occurred to 

 Mr. W. in the course of his experiments. This was the 

 making of white porcelain bisque, susceptible of receiving 

 colours throughout its whole substance, but more especially 



