How long the establishment at Chelsea was continued, I do not know; but painting was done in London for Wedgwood to a late date. A letter, dated February 27th, 1795--the month following Josiah Wedgwood’s death--while speaking of painters and enamellers on porcelain, says, “I believe Wedgwood’s men here do not get less than 26s. or 28s. per week,” and the presumption is that these men might be employed at his Chelsea establishment. * * * * * _Chelsea Pottery._--About 1774 a pottery was established in Upper Cheyne Row, Chelsea, for the manufacture of crucibles and melting pots. It was established by a person named Ruhl, or Ruelle, who was succeeded by his son-in-law, C. F. Hempel. It had the reputation of producing the best made crucibles in this country. After the death of Mr. Hempel, his widow, Johanna Hempel, on the expiration of the lease, removed the works from Cheyne Row to the King’s Road, where she not only made crucibles, but table services, being patronised by Queen Charlotte. In 1790 she took out a patent for “a certain composition made of earth and other materials, and the means of manufacturing the same into basins and other vessels, which, so manufactured, hath the power of filtering water and other liquids in a more cheap, easy, and convenient manner than water or other liquids could then be filtered.” In 1797 Mrs. Hempel became bankrupt, and the plant and stock-in-trade, including table services, vases, crucibles, stoves, &c., and a carved sign of the Queen’s Arms, were sold by auction. The manufactory was afterwards carried on by Messrs. Ludwig and Warner. Near this pottery, in 1795, was a manufactory of artificial stone, carried on by a Mr. Triquet. BOW.