Joseph and Thomas Tatlow were late apprentices and became clever painters.
Taylor, at first a blue painter, afterwards became a clever arabesque and Indian pattern painter. He painted the centres of a service of plates for Mr. Digby in 1784.
James Turner, a late flower-painter.
S. or J. Vidal, a painter, who, in August, 1793 till May, 1795, was living at “No. 1, Grosvenor Row, near the Bun-house, Chelsea,” arranged, in the latter year, to leave London for Derby “for six months every year, from June to January.” In 1793, he had sent specimens of his flower-painting to Mr. Duesbury, and in doing so said, “As I have not painted anything on china in this country, I am for that reason induced to show what I am capable of doing in that line, being perfectly master of the employment and direction of employing the colors, having painted for about eleven years in the Porcelaine line,” &c.
John Wardle, “china painter” in 1800 (so described in an affiliation order).
Wathews, a thrower and presser, was employed in 1787–90.
William Watson, a general painter.
H. Webber, a noted modeller, was employed in London by Mr. Duesbury, and afterwards, in 1795, removed to Derby; the terms of his engagement being shown in a letter from which the following is an extract:—“London, Wedy, July 15, 95.
No 4, Lisson Grove,
near Lisson Green.