Hickey,—“A Monsr Monsr Hickey, pres l’Hotel d’Angleterre a Bruxelles,”—entered into negotiations with Mr. Duesbury in 1792; the correspondence having gone on since 1789. He was “a native of Ireland,” “a man of reputation,” and a clever painter, and “the first china burner in the world, who understands the whole from the beginning to the end; if he (Mr. Duesbury) would establish a Saxon manufactory,” &c.
Hill, a native of Warwickshire (commonly known by the soubriquets of “Jockey Hill,” and “The Flying Painter,” through his partiality for horses and horse-racing), a landscape and flower painter of considerable note. After leaving Derby he settled in London as a buyer and seller of old Government stores, and died there about 1827.
James Hill, one of the latest apprentices, became a clever flower-painter. At the close of the works he became one of the partners at the King Street works, and died in 1854.
Holland, a flower painter.
William Holmes, a modeller of small animals.
William Horsley, kiln man or labourer, and private timekeeper, 1794.
| David Keen |  | “Fire-men,” all bound themselves by agreement for threeyears each, on the 2nd September, 1772, to employ “themselvesin glazing and burning of Porcelain, or in such otherbranch of the business” as Mr. Duesbury might think properto employ them in, at six shillings per week each. |
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Samuel Key, son of Thomas Key, of Derby, who let out horses for hire, was, in 1785, apprenticed to Mr. Duesbury, and died in 1850, in his 80th year. He was a painter of considerable skill, especially in the fashionable Dresden style. After leaving Derby, he worked for Minton’s at Stoke-upon-Trent. He drew up a MS. account of the old Derby China Works, from memory, in 1837, of which he seems to have made two or three copies; one of these is in my own possession. Three of his sons, John, a flower-painter; Edward, a modeller; and Samuel, also a modeller; were apprenticed at the works. The latter became a famous modeller, and his statuettes of theatrical celebrities and others were of a high order and became popular. He removed into Staffordshire.
John Key, son of Samuel Key, also an apprentice, was a clever painter of flowers, and afterwards a teacher of drawing, but died young. His brother Samuel is a clever modeller.
Joseph Lakin was employed in 1789.