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dreds of others of the " ancient forms " are still, in the same 

 way, preserved and produced. 



The next principal variety of useful ware is the " pearl" 

 body a body of great hardness and durability, of a pure 

 pearly white, and glazed to the utmost perfection. In this, 

 as in the cream-coloured, services and useful goods of every 

 description are manufactured, both in plain white and 

 printed. The same body is used also for many of the 

 decorated varieties, and is highly glazed. The "pearl" 

 ware is not a " pearl of great price," but one for ordinary 

 use and of moderate cost. 



" Rockingham ware," of a very superior quality and of a 

 good colour, is made largely at Etruria in teapots, coffee- 

 pots, services (the cups white inside), and other articles. 



The " porous ware" used for water bottles, butter coolers, 

 &c., is also made at the present time; and the "mortar 

 ware" is still made,, and keeps foremost rank in the 

 market. 



In the " red ware" a rich colour and fine body services 

 and a large number of other articles are produced, and are 

 frequently ornamented with raised figures, &c., in black, 

 with good and striking effect. 



BLUE PRINTING was introduced at Etruria at an early date, 

 and has, of course, with black, &c., been continued to the 

 present day. 



These are the principal varieties of wares in the " useful 

 classes," and it will be sufficient, in closing, to make the 

 one general remark, that the services now made at Etruria, 

 whether dinner, tea, dessert, or toilet whether of the more 

 ordinary descriptions " for the million," or of the more 

 elegant and costly " for the few" are all thoroughly good, 

 and all produced with that care and nicety which have ever 

 characterised the place and its proprietors. 



The markets to which the goods are sent are more widely 

 spread than perhaps will be conceived by the uninitiated, 

 and it is not too much to say, that, besides the home trade, 

 which is very extensive, the " Wedgwood ware " of the 



