Exd. and Ent.
Richd. Barton.
Amongst other interesting entries from week to week in the bills, I have chosen a few examples to illustrate the kind of work then carried on in this factory.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Paid for the Plaister Mould from Darby, the 9 of August | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Paid for a box from Darby | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Overwork by Barton and Boyer, 2 Junquill Beakers | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| And 1 Vincent Pattern Perfume Pot | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Seals painted by Jinks, 33 Lambs 1½d. | 0 | 4 | 1½ |
| 33 Covers Painted Overtime by Jinks at 1½d. each | 0 | 4 | 1⅓ |
| Cord[14] for the Kilns | 1 | 17 | 4 |
| Overtime by Boyer and Barton, 5 Sweet Meat Basons at 1s. each | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| ——4 hart shaped Perfume Pots with handles, at 1s. 3d. each | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Cupid Forgin Harts at 1s. 3d. | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Overtime, Painting by Jinks 2 dozen of Tom titts at 1½d. each | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Seals made overtime 3 dozen Chineas Men with a Bird | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 dozen Cupids as a Backus | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 Strawberry Compotiers made with the Darby clay. | |||
| 1 dozen and 6 Cupid Booted and Spurd | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 dozen and 6 Harts on a Cushin | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 dozen and 6 Cupid as a Doctor | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 dozen and 6 Turks a Smokin | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 dozen and 6 Shepherds Shearing of Sheep | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 Tooth Picks with Head of Turk and Companions, painted with emblematick Mottoes, ditto at 1s. 6d. | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Examples of this kind[15] could be multiplied to any extent, but to bring the extracts a little later down in date, I shall content myself by giving the “weekly bill at Chelsea from June 19 to the 26, 1773,” to show that the same hands, with the addition of a modeller named Gauron, were still employed:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Gauron, 5¾ days at 8s. 9d. | 2 | 10 | 3½ |
| Boreman, 5¼ days at 5s. 3d. | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Woolams, 5½ days at 4s. 6d. | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Jenks, 6 days at 3s. 6d. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Snowden, 6 days at 3s. 6d. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Boyer, 6 days at 3s. 6d. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Barton, 6 days at 3s. 6d. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Roberts, 6 days at 2s. 6d. | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Painting, overwork, Smelling Bottles of boys catching Squirrel at 1s. 3d. | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 Ditto, with a Bird’s Nest at 1s. each | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Ditto, Piping with a Dog at 1s. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Ditto, Double Dove | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mottoing 60 Seals at 1¼d. each | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Modling Clay | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| A Parsel | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A Letter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| £10 | 15 | 1¾ |
Recd. of Mr. Duesbury in full of all demands for Self and the a Bove.
Richd. Barton.
Before Mr. Duesbury purchased the Chelsea works the mark of that manufactory was an anchor,
