WEDGWOOD WARE.
Good news for the admirers of ceramic art ! The admirable blue and white wedgwood ware, the production of which ceased soon after the death of its distinguished inventor, is now in course of revival by his grandson, in all its pristine excellence. We are informed by one of the best judges in the kingdom that he has seen a specimen recently exe- cuted, which will fully sustain comparison with the choicest early pro- ductions of our English Etruria. This we say is good news for many, unwelcome as it may be in Wardour Street, which has been fraudently enriching itself for years by the sale of rubbish which the first Wedgwood would have brayed in the mortar to which ho daily condemned in- comparably better things. Genuine specimens of his ware now com- mand very high prices. For instance, a small jug, cracked and riveted, which we saw this week in the private collection of an eminent dealer, and which fifty years ago may have been sold for three or four shillings, cost its present possesser two pounds in its damaged condition. Consign- ments of the revived manufacturer are now due in London, and will pro- bably be on salebefore many days elapse.
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