He was the inventor, about 1752, of the method of transferring prints from engraved copper plates upon pottery, and in conjunction with Guy Green, proposed to take out a patent in 1756, the draft of which is still preserved, but they preferred keeping the invention secret to the doubtful security of patent rights.
Fig. 262.—Punch Bowl.
Wedgwood availed himself of this new mode of decoration, and sent his Queen’s ware weekly to Messrs. Sadler and Green to be printed.
Fig. 263.—Tiles.
By J. Sadler.
Fig. 264.—Teapot.
With portrait of Wesley.
Richard Chaffers was the principal manufacturer of Liverpool; he served his apprenticeship with Alderman Shaw, and in 1752 established a bank for the manufacture of blue and white earthenware and fine porcelain, which gained him great reputation; they were largely exported to our American Colonies (now the United States).