Mr. Davison.
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To make for Mr. Green (of Hovingham, near Heylsham, Norfolk).
- 4 Tor.[56] Teapots, all Toys; 4 Coffee Pots; 4 Slop bowls;
- 4 Ewers; 4 Sugar boxes, china make; 4 Mustard pots, high;
- 8 Salts, high feet; 12 2 Dishes, Tor.[56]; 5 doz. pails;
- 2 doz. piggins; 6 doz. large plates; 4 doz. round ditto;
- 8 doz. a size less; 7 of ym round with Ribd. edge;
- 1 do. Sqr.; 3 doz. Bread & butter plates, Ribd.; 3 qt. Coffee Pots;
- 6 pints; 4 2nd size dishes; 2 larger.
Figs. 640 to 644.
The goods manufactured by Whieldon, both before, during, and after his partnership with Wedgwood, were of good quality and excellent form. They are now very scarce, and are highly and deservedly prized by collectors. Two “tortoiseshell plates,” a small “cauliflower jug,” a marbled, or “combed-pattern” plate, and an imitation agate knife-haft, are shown by Figs. [640 to 644].
In 1754 Wedgwood and Harrison entered into partnership with Thomas Whieldon. The partnership with Harrison, however, continued but for a short period, and in 1752 he went out of the concern, Wedgwood and Whieldon continuing in partnership five years, and carrying on their trade at Whieldon’s works at Fenton Low. In 1754 Wedgwood here produced his famous green glaze, which helped much to extend the fame of the manufactory. In 1759 the partnership expired; Wedgwood returned to Burslem, and Whieldon continued the business alone. He acquired a large fortune, in 1786 was high sheriff of the county, and in 1798 died at an advanced age.
Turner.—Messrs. William and John Turner, whose manufactory was in the High Street, have often been referred to in this work. They were among the best and most successful potters of the end of last and early part of the present century. About 1756 Mr. John Turner and Mr. Banks made white stone ware at Stoke, but in 1762 Turner removed to Lane End, “where he manufactured every kind of pottery then in demand, and also introduced some other kinds not previously known.” About 1780 he discovered a valuable vein of fine clay at Green Dock, from which he “obtained all his supplies for manufacturing his beautiful and excellent stone ware pottery of a cane colour, which he formed into very beautiful jugs, with ornamental designs, and the most tasteful articles of domestic use.” Turner produced “a shining blue glazed pottery similar to that of the Japanese porcelain,” as well as making many other improvements in the art. He died in 1786, and was succeeded by his sons William and John Turner, who became, as just said, among the best potters of the day—equalling in many respects Josiah Wedgwood himself. In jasper ware, in Egyptian black, and other finer wares, there is little choice between Turner and Wedgwood, although the composition of the two bodies was not the same, and had been obtained by different processes. In 1800 Messrs. Turner took out a patent for a new method of manufacturing porcelain and earthenware by the introduction of “Rafferness Mine Rock, Little Mine Rock, and New Rock.” The works were closed about 1803. The mark used by the Turners was simply the name TURNER, impressed on the jasper and other fine bodies; on their blue-bordered and printed wares sometimes they used the Prince of Wales’s feathers, with the name Turner beneath.