“1693 9ber 14. To make transparent porcellane or China Cley.—Take fine white Earth thirty pounds. Cley sifted twenty pounds. Mingle & tread.
“To make another transparent porcellane or China Cley.—Take fine white Earth thirty pounds, Cley sifted fifteen pounds. Mingle and tread.”
Other recipes are:
“Light grey Cley to endure boiling water;” “ffiner light grey Cley for ye like vses;” “Mouse coloured cley to endure boiling water;” “ffiner mouse coloured Cley for ye same vse;” “1698 Apr: 6. To make Number Sixteen;” “The best White Cley to make Gor: Cans, or dishes to endure boiling water;” “To make ye White Earth;” “To make the White Earth in larger quantity at one time;” “To make the Dark Earth;” “To make fine White;” “To make fine Dark;” “To make calcin’d Sand;” “To make white ꝑ. Cyprus;” “To make ye Black Earth;” “A fine brown colour wth out Grinding;” “To make a fine bright and strong brown;” “To make ye brightest brown colour;” “Cley to burn brown;” “for marbling stone-pots;” “White to marble ston pots;” “Another grey for marbl: stone pots;” “To make a fine white porcellane Cley to be burnt wth Salt fitt only for things of ornament;” “Grey Cley for ye like vse;” “A darker Cley for ye same vse;” “A Mouse colour’d Porcellane wth white specks;” “A bright Mouse colourd Cley to endure boiling water;” “A fine porcellane Cley fit for deep dishes wth out handles to be burnt wth out glasse in the strongest fire that may serve to perfect ye China ware. ℞ Cley twenty pounds. ffine White twenty pounds. fine Black Earth two pounds. White ꝑ Cyprus sieve six pounds. Mingle & tread;” “The best Dark Earth;” “The fine grinding of the Dark Earth;” “The best browne glasse for white browne pots;” “To make the Dark Earth;” “A dark colour’d Cley for marbled dishes and teapots to endure boiling water;” “The Mouse colour’d Cley to endure boiling water;” “Another lesse red Cley;” “To make a grey porcellane Clay hardy & fit for Garden Potts, Teapots &c.;” “Another lighter Grey Cley;” “To make a deep red Cley of the Staffordshire red Cley;” “Another good red of ye same Cley;” “Another Red Cley;” “To make a Cley to burn brown strong & hardy fit for teapots to be sprig’d white;” “To make ye best fine ston Clay;” “Wh: br: & wh: gor: to be excisd[44] Cley sixty pounds, White sand 12 pounds, ffine White 24 pounds.”
These extracts will be amply sufficient to show the interest and importance of these curious old books which have so kindly been placed at my disposal for this work by their owner, Mr. Bailey, but I cannot refrain from giving some extracts of a totally different character. These relate to the way Mr. Dwight had of being his own banker by hiding his money in all sorts of out-of-the-way corners of his pot-works until wanted. Probably there may still be some of this “treasure-trove,” as well as his moulds and models, &c., to be turned on by some fortunate possessor of the place.
“1693 9ber.[45]—In ye garret in a hole vnder ye fire-place 240 G.[46] in a wooden box.[47]
“In ye old Labouratory at the old house, in two holes vnder the fire-place on both sides ye ffurnace in 2 half pint Gor: Couered 460.
“Behind the door of the Old Labouratory, & within ye end of ye bench, in a pot couered 200.
“In ye second presse in ye said Laboura: vnder some papers at ye bottome in a bag some mill’d money.[47]
“Behind ye doore of the little parlor old house in a corner some mill’d money.[47]