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Figs. 349 to 362.—Examples of early Staffordshire Wares, Museum of Practical Geology.
Talor.—Apparently contemporary with the Tofts, or at all events producing precisely the same kind of dishes, &c., was William Talor, one of whose productions is in the Bateman collection. He was probably of Staffordshire, and most likely of the same family as the Taylors, potters of Burslem, in the beginning of last century.
Sans.—Another contemporary of the Tofts was William Sans, whom Shaw states to have used manganese and pulverised galena in his processes. The name Thomas Sans also occurs on an example.
Turnor.—Turnor is a name so long and so intimately connected with potting and Staffordshire, that it is fair to presume Ralph Turnor, whose name
