“The next entry gives us the weekly account of biscuit china made at Bow in 1754, and is interesting, as it distinctly informs us that the name of the Bow factory was New Canton; the China works being, as Thomas Craft says, on the same plan as that of Canton.”
A Weekly Account of Bisket ware made at New Canton.
| 1754. | |||||
| Jan. 5 | No Kilns | ||||
| 12 | Do. | ||||
| 19 | Do. | ||||
| 29 | Do. | ||||
| Feb. 2 | Do. | ||||
| 9 | Do. | ||||
| 16 | Do. | ||||
| 23 | 2 | Kilns | 128 | 15 | 2 |
| Mar. 2 | 2 | Do. | 126 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 2 | Do. | 134 | 9 | 10 |
| 16 | 2 | Do. | 147 | 18 | 6 |
| 23 | 2 | Do. | 129 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | 2 | Do. | 132 | 14 | 10 |
| 799 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 1754. | |||||
| Apr. 6 | 2 | Kilns | 109 | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | 2 | Do. | 140 | 13 | 3 |
| 20 | 2 | Do. | 128 | 8 | 6 |
| 27 | 2 | Do. | 115 | 3 | 6 |
| May 4 | 2 | Do. | 121 | 13 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 | Do. | 115 | 16 | 6 |
| 18 | 2 | Do. | 128 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | 3 | Do. | 184 | 13 | 8 |
| June 1 | 3 | Do. | 177 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | Do. | 177 | 17 | 6 |
| 15 | 3 | Do. | 181 | 14 | 5 |
| 22 | 3 | Do. | 177 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | 3 | Do. | 169 | 9 | 1 |
| 1,927 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 799 | 7 | 9 | |||
| Amount one week with another for 19 weeks is £143 10 0 each week | £2,726 | 10 | 4 | ||
“There is a cash-account book for 1757 and 1758, of receipts and payments of a London branch of the Bow factory, either at St. Catherine’s or in Cornhill: it is balanced weekly. The moneys received are principally from customers, whose names are given, and ready money taken daily, cash received from St. James Street, &c., averaging about £120 per week. The bulk of the money was paid to Mr. Crowther every week, occasionally to Mr. Weatherby.
“Mr. Frye frequently received sums varying from £15 to £30, possibly for expenses at Bow; Mr. Heylin’s name occurs once or twice only for small sums. Other payments are for powder gold and for grain gold for Bow; freight of clay; weekly wages—to Mr. Brown, 18s.; Mr. Sandys, 12s.; Hugh Williams, 12s.; Stephenson, 12s.; Burnett, 10s.,—which average about 60s. per week.
“The book we now refer to contains memoranda made by John Bowcocke, in 1756; he was one of the managers, or perhaps traveller, for the Bow works. In it we find orders from customers, and many interesting notes relating to the business. We shall have occasion to quote largely from this manuscript, as the items throw considerable light upon the various descriptions of ware made there, among which many will be identified by the curious reader.
“‘1756. Insure £450 on board the Antilope: John Cowling.
Mr. Crowther paid Thos. Osborne for an anchor for the ship Antilope £12 1s. 0d.
2 doz. crimson buttons for Mr. Frye.
Jany. 29. Mr. Fogg: a sprig’d sallad vessel, 12s.; 1 pair sprig’d boats, 6s.; 16 cooks, 2s. each, abated; a swan; two harlequins (returned), 7s.