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dans 1'Estampe ci-dessus ; ou bien avec des Sabliers, Oubliers, &c. 

 forment plusieurs Especes des Ecritoires, tant utiles qu'embellies 

 des Orneniens : les Prix sont de Six Sols, en montant graduelle- 

 ment selon la Beaute de 1'Ouvrage, leur Grandeur, et les Pormes, 

 jusqu'a environ Huit Chelins la Piece. 



" Messrs. WEDGWOOD et BENTLEY prennent la Liberte de recom- 

 mander a Messrs, les Marchands etrangers qui voudroient bien 

 acheter de leurs Ouvrages, d'adresser les Ordres a leurs Correspon- 

 dens ordinaires en Angleterre ; car la grande Attention que leur 

 Manufacture demande constamment, et leur Situation, rendent les 

 Soins des Commissions, et d'une Correspondence etrangere et 

 extensiye ; extremement difficile." 



Truly elegant inkstands were made in jasper and other 

 materials. One of the most beautiful is shown in the accom- 



panying engraving, drawn from an inkstand in Mr. Hall's 

 possession.. The other articles in this class are thus spoken 

 of by Mr. Wedgwood : 



"The 'Paint-chests' contain sets of large and small vessels, and 

 neat pallets, for the use of those who paint in water-colours ; they 

 are sold from five shillings to half a guinea. The EYE-CUPS, for 

 bathing the eyes, are made of the compositions imitating variegated 

 pebbles, &c. The MORTARS, of various forms and sizes, from two to 

 thirteen inches in diameter, outside measure, and from one and a half 

 to ten in the clear, are made in the hard porcelain, No. 6 ; a material 

 far superior to all those in common use for these purposes, and 

 nearly equal to agate. The excellence of these mortars for chemical 

 and other curious uses is already well known, and their valuable 

 properties render them equally desirable for the purposes of the 

 apothecary and the housekeeper. MARBLE mortars are soft in com- 

 parison with these, and a very considerable quantity of the substance 

 of the marble is abraded and mixed with all powders of the hard 



