Remember that fact, for it had
much to do with Wedgwood's subsequent success. He also loved beauty
of form, and probably had he been able to choose he would have turned
his entire attention to making a classic type of pottery. But being
one of thirteen children he was poor, and his common sense told him
that there were far more necessary things to be done in the world than
to give all one's time to articles that were not useful. So he put his
dream behind him, like the practical fellow he was, and looked about
to see what his contemporaries needed, and what he could do to aid his
generation."
"I should think that if he could have made some dishes it would have
helped as much as anything," asserted Theo emphatically.
"That was precisely what he decided," answered
Mr. Croyden. "Accordingly he went to work to apply his knowledge of
pottery to the improvement of English earthenware. First he made a
kind of cream-white pottery which he dubbed Queen's Ware in honor of
Queen Charlotte; and which in spite of the fact that it boasted no
decoration, became very popular in England because of its moderate
price. From this simple beginning Wedgwood got money to experiment
further, and work out other varieties of china.
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