I think I may safely say there is scarcely a manufacturer—even if there be one at all—in the length and breadth of the kingdom with whom I have not frequently communicated in the progress of this work. Except in some few solitary instances I have received the information I have sought, and my inquiries have met with the most cordial and ready response.
To all those who have thus assisted me with information or otherwise, and especially to my friend Mr. Goss, who has greatly assisted me over the onerous task of some of the Staffordshire potteries, I offer my warmest thanks; and to those few others, who from inattention, shortsightedness, or other cause, have not responded to my inquiries, I would express my sorrow if, through that inattention on their part, I have been unable to give as full particulars regarding their potteries as I could have wished. To thank by name those who have assisted me with information would require a long list indeed; I therefore tender my acknowledgments to all in the one emphatic good old English expression—“Thank you!”
LLEWELLYNN JEWITT.
Winster Hall, Derbyshire.
November, 1877.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
| CHAPTER I. | |
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| Practice of the Art in England—The Celtic Period—Classes of Vessels—Cinerary Urns—FoodVessels—Drinking Cups, &c.—Modes of Ornamentation—Food Vessels—ImmolationUrns or Incense Cups—Handled Cups | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Romano-British Pottery—Upchurch Ware—Durobrivian Ware—Roman Potters’ Kilns—Potteryin London—Salopian Ware—New Forest Ware—Yorkshire, Oxfordshire,Lincolnshire, and other Wares—Varieties of Vessels: Amphoræ, Mortaria, &c.—SepulchralVessels—Tiles—Tile Tombs—Clay Coffins—Lamps—Penates—CoinMoulds, &c. | [24] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Anglo-Saxon Pottery—Forms of Vessels, from Illustrated MSS.—Culinary Vessels—Pitchersand other domestic Vessels—Cinerary Urns—Cemeteries at Kingston,King’s Newton, Bedford, &c.—Modes of Ornamenting | [64] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Pottery of the Norman and Mediæval Periods—Examples from Illuminated MSS.—NormanPotworks at Burley Hill—The Ferrars Family—Mediæval Pottery—GrotesqueVessels—Costrils—Mammiform Vessels—The Cruiskeen or Cruiska—Godets,&c.—Simpson’s Petition—Rous and Cullyn’s Patent—Bellarmines—Ale-pots—Salt-glazing—Butter-pots—Dr.Plott—State of Staffordshire Potteries—CombedWare—Ariens Van Hamme—John Dwight—The Brothers Elers—The Tofts—WilliamSans—Tygs—Candlesticks—Cradles, &c. | [76] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Pottery in England in the Eighteenth Century—Delft Ware—Posset Pots—Billin’s Patent—Redrichand Jones’s Patent—Benson’s Patents—Ralph Shawe’s Patents—Trial ofRight—The Bow Works—Heylyn and Frye’s Patents—The Fulham Works—White’sPatent—The Count de Lauraguais’ Patent—Staffordshire Wares—The PlymouthWorks—William Cookworthy’s Patent—Josiah Wedgwood—Crease’s and otherPatents—Ralph Wedgwood’s Patents—Progress of the Art during the Century | [107] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Fulham Works—Dwight’s Inventions and Patents—First China made in England—Dwight’sBooks of Recipes, &c.—Present Productions—Lambeth—Exchequer Trial—HighStreet—Coade’s Works—London Pottery—Lambeth Pottery—Fore Street—Waters’Patent—Imperial Pottery—Crispe’s China—Blackfriars Road—Bas-reliefsfor Wedgwood Institute—Vauxhall—Aldgate—Millwall—Mortlake—Southwark;Gravel Lane—Isleworth—Stepney—Greenwich—Deptford—Merton—Hounslow—Wandsworth—Ewell—Cheam—Chiselhurst | [118] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Chelsea—M. Spremont—Sale of the Works to Duesbury—Removal to Derby—WagesBills—Simpson’s Works—Wedgwood’s Works—Ruhl’s Works—Bow—Heylin andFrye—Weatherby and Crowther—Craft—Sale of Works to Duesbury—KentishTown—Giles and Duesbury—Euston Road—Mortlocks and others—Hoxton—Hammersmith | [168] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Worcester—Royal Porcelain Works—Dr. Wall—Warmstry House and its Owners—ThePorcelain Company—Early Marks—Transfer Printing—King of Prussia Mug—JosiahHoldship—Poem—Robert Hancock—Richard Holdship—Derby China Works—Caughley—Flightand Barr—Chamberlain—Kerr and Binns—R. W. Binns—Productionsof the Works—Royal Services—Tokens—Royal China Works—Grangerand Lee—Productions—St. John’s Encaustic Tiles—Rainbow Hill Tileries—St.George’s Pottery Works—Rustic Terra-Cotta—Stourbridge—The Lye Works—StourbridgeClay | [221] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Salopian Wares—Uriconium—Caughley Works—Thomas Turner—Introduction of“Willow Pattern”—Worcester Works—Close of Caughley Works—Marks—TransferPrinting—Hancock and Holdship—Coalport Works—Jackfield—John Rose—Swanseaand Nantgarw—Productions of the Coalport Works—Marks—“WillowPattern” and “Broseley Blue Dragon,” &c.—Broseley Pipes—Coalbrookdale IronWorks—Terra Cotta—Madeley—Martin Randall’s China—Jackfield Pottery—MauriceThursfield—“Black Decanters”—China—Craven Dunnill & Co.’s TileWorks—Broseley—Benthall—Maw’s Tile Works—Broseley Tileries—BenthallPotteries—Coalmoor | [263] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Plymouth—William Cookworthy—The Divining Rod—Discovery of Petuntse and Kaolin—Productionsof the Plymouth Works—Patent—Specification—Marks—Sale toChampion—Transference to Bristol—Death of Cookworthy—Plymouth EarthenwareWorks—Watcombe—Terra-Cotta Works—Honiton—Exeter—Bovey Tracey Pottery—IndihoPottery—Bovey Pottery—Folley Pottery—Bideford Pottery—FramingtonPottery—Aller Pottery | [318] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Bristol—Delft Ware—Redcliffe Backs—Richard Frank—Ring—Flower—Bristol China—WilliamCookworthy—Richard Champion—Transference of Plymouth Works—Extensionof Patent—Wedgwood’s Opposition—“Case” of the Manufacturers—Champion’sSpecification—Champion’s Productions—Edmund Burke—Bristol Vases—Figures—Marks—BristolEarthenware—Temple Backs—Potters’ Songs—Templeand St. Thomas’s Street Works—Temple Gate—Wilder Street—Bristol Glass—WilliamEdkins—Salt Glaze—Brislington—Crews Hole—Westbury—Easton—Weston-super-Mare—Matthews’sRoyal Pottery—Poole—Architectural PotteryCompany—Bourne Valley—Branksea—Kinson | [350] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Nottingham Ware—List of Potters—Nottingham Mugs—Bears—Lowesby—Coalville—Ibstock—Tamworth—Wilnecote—Coventry—Nuneaton—Broxburne—Stamford—RomanKiln—Blasfield’s Terra-Cotta—Bolingbroke—Wisbech—Lowestoft andGunton—Delft Ware—Lowestoft China—Stowmarket—Ipswich—Ebbisham—Wrotham—Yarmouth—Cossey—Cadborough—Rye—Gestingthorpe—Holkham—NunehamCourtney—Marsh Balden—Horspath—Shotover | [415] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| York—Place’s Ware—Hirstwood’s China—Layerthorpe—Osmotherley—Hull—Belle VuePottery—Stepney Lane Pottery—Leeds—Hartley, Greens, & Co.—Britton and Sons—LeathleyLane Pottery—Castleford Pottery—Eagle Pottery—Pontefract—Ferrybridge—Knottingley—RalphWedgwood—Swinton Pottery—Rockingham Ware—CadoganPots—Rockingham China—Brameld & Co.—Dale’s Patent—Baguley’sProductions—Mexborough—Rock Pottery—Mexborough Pottery—Mexborough OldPottery—Rawmarsh—Rotherham—North Field Pottery—Holmes’s Pottery—DonPottery—Denaby—Kilnhurst—Wath-upon-Dearne—Newhill Pottery—Wakefield—Potovens—Yearsley—Wortley—Healey—Colsterdale | [460] |
CERAMIC ART IN GREAT BRITAIN.
