Melon. An elegant corered cup or box, shaped and coloured as a melon. It was used as a receptacle for honey, sugar, preserves, as also as a toilet box. Melon-ware was made at an early date in the Potteries. It belongs to the class of Whieldon- Wedgwood wares. Wedgrwood made melons, coloured and unooloured, till far into the middle period ; but a marked example is apparently imknown.
Melon. An elegant corered cup or box, shaped and coloured as a melon. It was used as a receptacle for honey, sugar, preserves, as also as a toilet box. Melon-ware was made at an early date in the Potteries. It belongs to the class of Whieldon- Wedgwood wares. Wedgrwood made melons, coloured and unooloured, till far into the middle period ; but a marked example is apparently imknown.