Chapter I: Front Matter

THE

CERAMIC ART

OF

GREAT BRITAIN

FROM PRE-HISTORIC TIMES DOWN TO THE PRESENT DAY

BEING A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND MODERN

POTTERY AND PORCELAIN WORKS

OF THE KINGDOM

_AND OF THEIR PRODUCTIONS OF EVERY CLASS_

BY
LLEWELLYNN JEWITT, F.S.A.
LOCAL SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON;
HON. AND ACTUAL MEMBER OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL
COMMISSION, AND STATISTICAL COMMITTEE, PSKOV;
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ARCHÆOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND;
ASSOCIATE OF THE BRITISH ARCHÆOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION;
HON. MEMBER OF THE ESSEX ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND OF THE MANX
SOCIETY, ETC.;
COR. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
ETC. ETC. ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED WITH NEARLY TWO THOUSAND ENGRAVINGS_

IN TWO VOLUMES.--II.

LONDON
VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED, 26, IVY LANE
PATERNOSTER ROW
1878

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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER I.

PAGE

Potteries of the Tyne, Tees, and
Wear--Newcastle-on-Tyne--Warburton Pottery--Newcastle
Pottery or Forth Banks Pottery--Stepney Bank
Pottery--Ouseburn Bridge Pottery--Ouseburn Ford
Pottery--Ouseburn Potteries--Low Pottery--South
Shore Pottery--Phœnix Pottery--St. Peter’s
Pottery--Gateshead--Carr’s Hill Pottery--St. Anthony’s
Pottery--Sherriff Hill Pottery--Tyne Main Pottery--North
Shields--Low Light Pottery--South Shields--Tyne or Shields
Pottery--North Hylton--South Hylton or Ford--Southwick
Pottery--Wear Pottery--High Southwick Pottery--Deptford
Pottery--Monkwearmouth--Sheepfold Pottery--Sunderland
Pottery and the Garrison Pottery--Seaham
Harbour--Newbottle--Bishop Auckland--New Moor
Pottery--Stockton-on-Tees--Stafford Pottery--North Shore
Pottery--Middlesborough-on-Tees--Wolviston Pottery--Coxhoe
Pottery--Alnwick 1

CHAPTER II.

Liverpool Pottery--Shaw’s Delft Ware--Shaw’s
Brow--Zachariah Barnes--Sadler and Green--Transfer
Printing--Wedgwood’s Printed Ware--Drinkwater’s
Works--Spencer’s Pottery--Richard Chaffers--Reid and
Co.’s Works--The Penningtons--Patrick’s Hill Works--The
Flint Pottery--Herculaneum Works--Warrington Pottery and
China--Runcorn--Prescot--St. Helen’s--Seacombe 18

CHAPTER III.

Derby--Cock-pit Hill--Mayer--Heath--Derby
China--Andrew Planche--Duesbury and Heath--William
Duesbury--Purchase of the Chelsea Works--Weekly
Bills--Show Rooms in London--Sales by Candle--Changes
in Proprietorship--Bloor--Locker--Stevenson
& Co.--Hancock--Painters and
Modellers--Spengler--Coffee--Askew--Billingsley--Pinxton--
Nantgarw--Swansea--Other Artists employed at Derby--Cocker
and Whitaker’s China Works, &c., &c. 56

CHAPTER IV.

Chesterfield--Caskon--Heathcote--Brampton--Posset
Pots--Puzzle Jugs--Welshpool and Payne
Potteries--The Pottery--Walton Pottery--Wheatbridge
Pottery--Alma, Barker, and London
Potteries--Whittington--Bromley--Jewitt--Newbold--Eckington
--Belper--Codnor Park--Denby--Bournes Pottery--Shipley--
Alfreton--Langley Mills--Ilkeston--Pinxton--Pinxton China--China
Tokens--Wirksworth--Dale Abbey--Repton--Encaustic
Tiles--Tile Kilns, London--Tickenhall--Kings
Newton--Burton-on-Trent--Swadlincote Potteries--Church
Gresley Potteries--Gresley Common--Woodville--Hartshorne,
&c.--Wooden Box--Rawdon Works--Pool Works--Coleorton--&c.,
&c. 115

CHAPTER V.

Stoke-upon-Trent--Josiah Spode--Copeland and
Garrett--Copeland and Sons--Mintons--Hollins--Trent
Pottery; Jones--Albert Street Works--Copeland Street
Works--Glebe Street and Wharf Street Works--Copeland
Street--Bridge Works--London Road; Goss--Kirkham--Campbell
Brick and Tile Company--Harrison and Wedgwood--Bankes--Hugh
Booth--Ephraim Booth--Wolf--Bird--Adams and Son--H. and R.
Daniel--Boyle--Reade--Lowndes and Hall 167