CHAPTER XXII. 



ETRURIA WORKS. PRODUCTIONS OF THE PRESENT DAY. SOLID 



JASPER AND JASPER DIP. MAJOLICA. MR. MINTON. 



M. EMILE LESSORE. PARIAN. INLAID WARE. QUEEN'S 



WARE. PEARL BODY. ROCKINGHAM WARE. POROUS 



WARE. RED WARE. BLUE PRINTING. VIEWS OF THE 



WORKS. " SUN AND PLANET " MOTION STEAM ENGINE 

 MADE BY WATT. THE VILLAGE OF ETRURIA. THE VILLAGE 

 INN. ETRURIA JUBILEE GROUP. 



HAVING now spoken pretty fully of the productions of the 

 Etruria Works, and of their great founder, and remarked 

 upon their characteristics in the earlier periods of their 

 career,, as well as in those of a later date, it remains only to 

 bring my narrative down to the present time, by saying a 

 few words on the different classes of goods manufactured by 

 the Messrs. Wedgwood at the time 1 write, and of some of 

 the specialities of their various productions. As in the 

 " olden times" of the great Josiah, so it is now at Etruria. 

 The self-same moulds are used ; the self-same principles 

 are acted upon and carried out ; the same mixture of bodies 

 and glazes, with but (in some instances) trifling modifica- 

 tions, are in daily use ; the same system is employed, and 

 the same varieties of goods are manufactured, as was the case 

 in his days ; and, consequently, the vases, the medallions, 

 the services, and all the other goods which he made, seventy, 

 eighty, or ninety years ago, may be, and are, daily repro- 

 duced for customers of the present time. It is true that the 

 ornamental goods of the present day have not quite that 



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