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Title: The Wedgwoods: being a life of Josiah Wedgwood; with notices of his works and their productions, memoirs of the Wedgwood and other families, and a history of the early potteries of Staffordshire
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816-1886
Subjects: Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795 Wedgwood family Wedgwood ware Staffordshire pottery
Publisher: London, Virtue Brothers
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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to the hands of its present owner,Mr. Isaac Hitchin, of Alsager. The pot-works were occupiedby Josiah Wedgwood, as tenant to Mr. John Bourne, untilhis removal to Etruria. The next tenant was, I believe,Mr. William Bourne, an earthenware manufacturer, whoheld them for some years, and was tenant in 1809. Mr.Bourne afterwards entered into partnership with a potternamed Cormie, and the works were carried on under thestyle of Bourne and Cormie.^ In 1836, the works havingthen remained for some time unoccupied, were divided, aportion being taken by Messrs. Beech and Jones as an earth-enware manufactory, another portion taken away for thebuilding of the present Independent Chapel, which waserected on its site in the following year; and other partswere let off to various holders for different purposes apartfrom the pot trade. In 1839, the partnership between Beechand Jones was dissolved, the former gentleman alone con-tinuing to occupy the same portion of the premises, in which BELL WORKS. 133
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I 134 THE WEDGWOODS. he produced china and earthenware figures. In 1846, Mr.Beech having- increased his business, became tenant of thewhole of the remaining premises, with the exception of thatpart occupied by Mr. Deans printing-office, &c., and in 1853took into partnership Mr. Brock, which firm, however, onlylasted a couple of years. In 1855 Mr. Brock went out ofthe concern, and from that date Mr. William Beech carriedon the manufactory until his death, which took place in1864. The goods produced at the present day at these historicallyinteresting works are the ordinary marketable china andparian chimney ornaments and toys, which are produced inlarge quantities, both for home sale and for exportation tothe United States, the East Indies, the Netherlands, andAustralia. In the manufacture of these articles alone, I amgiven to understand that about a hundred hands are con-stantly employed at these works. In parian, besides tlower-vases and other small ornaments, some tolerably large

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