The specification, of which I possess a copy, was enrolled on the 10th of September, 1838, and is accompanied by illustrative drawings.
[119] I possess two original copper plates engraved with views of these works in their best days.
[120] Conisborough Castle is in the neighbourhood of these works, being only four or five miles distant from Swinton. It is one of the finest Norman keeps in existence.
[121] This truly exquisite plate, which is a perfect chef-d’œuvre of ceramic art-decoration, was designed by Mr. Thomas Brameld, after the death of King William IV., and submitted to her present Majesty, Mr. Brameld proposing to substitute it for the plates made for his late Majesty. The Queen, however, did not give her consent to the alteration. The cost of the substitution would, it is stated, have been £1,700.
[122] Services were also made for the King of Hanover, the King of the Belgians, the Dukes of Sussex, Cambridge, &c., for the Duke of Sutherland, and for many others of the nobility.
[123] Butterflies were more frequently introduced into the decorations at these works than at any others, and were beautifully painted from nature. They were also introduced as “knobs” to muffineers, sauce tureens, &c., and were for that, and other decorative purposes, charmingly modelled.
[124] Of Mr. Bromley, and his connection with these and the Whittington Works, some notice will be found under Whittington.
[125] On the quart jugs the figure appeared on one side, and the verse on the other.
[126] Fisher’s “History of Masham,” p. 68.
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