There is nothing to be said—his fate was the fate of so many enthusiasts and workers in the field of art. Nobody has ever unveiled a monument to Champion’s memory or to Cookworthy’s memory. Nobody has designed a stained-glass window to record their ceramic triumphs.[1] Their monument—and it is a lasting one—lies on the china shelf; the votaries of Plymouth and of Bristol porcelain need no spark to quicken their fire. We know Browning’s “Waring” and his unfulfilled promise of greatness, and how the friend who has lost him, “like a ghost at break of day,” wishes him back— “Oh, could I have him back once more, This Waring, but one half-day more! Back, with the quiet face of yore, So hungry for acknowledgment Like mine, I’d fool him to his bent. Feed, should not he, to heart’s content? I’d say, ‘To only have conceived, Planned your great works, apart from progress, Surpasses little works achieved.’” And the world would call back its neglected and unrequited men of genius if it could, and herein lies the principle that makes china command high prices—these conscience-prickings are the tribute posterity pays. CHARACTERISTICS OF PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL PORCELAIN. Among special features of Plymouth and Bristol china, spiral ridges are to be seen, though often barely noticeable, running from the base transversely around the body of piece, more noticeable in basins and teapots, at an angle of 45°. The china of these factories is often untrue owing to imperfect firing, and is frequently cracked at base. The Bristol decorators had a partiality for wreaths and festoons of laurel in green, interspersed with detached bouquets of flowers. The Bristol glaze is rich and creamy white, and upon examination a series of minute depressions, somewhat similar to the bubbles on Oriental glaze, may be discovered. SALE PRICES. PLYMOUTH. £ s. d. Bowls and covers, pair, formed as doves on their nests. Christie, February 5, 1902 7 7 0 Shell sweetmeat-dishes, two, painted with flowers in colours in the Chinese taste, and encrusted with coloured shells and seaweed; and a smaller white ditto. Christie, February 5, 1902 5 5 0 Tankards, pair, painted with birds, trees and flowers in colours. Christie, February 5, 1902 46 4 0 Mug, bell-shaped, 5-1/2 in. high, painted exotic birds and continuous landscape in brilliant colours (marked with Plymouth mark). Edwards, Son & Bigwood, Birmingham, May 13, 1902 12 0 0 Plymouth shaped Mug, painted with exotic birds and branches, and with gilt border, marked, 4-1/4 in. high. Puttick & Simpson, July 9, 1920 13 13 0