"
Theo glanced up questioningly.
"Surely you have seen this ware, Theo," asserted Mr. Croyden. "It
comes in blue sage-green, or purple, and has upon it Grecian figures
in white."
Instantly a flash of recognition came into Theo's face.
"Oh, I know it now!" he ejaculated. "Mother has a teapot of it at
home."
"That is more than likely," came cordially from Mr. Croyden. "At
first, however, Wedgwood did not put the white figures on this ware;
he merely mixed the coloring matter with the clay and got as a result
a dull, opaque ware of green. Afterward he conceived the idea of
making the pottery in other colors and decorating it with the Grecian,
Italian, or Roman figures of which he had long before taken
impressions. As this venture took form sculptors became interested in
the project and lent their aid, so that by and by an entirely original
ware was developed which has come down through history as one of the
significant art contributions of the age. In addition to his Queen's
ware, and Jasper ware, Wedgwood also made a black Egyptian-like ware
called Basalt; another variety of cream-colored ware known as Bamboo;
and a kind of terra-cotta that imitated granite.
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