The copper or brown lustre was made at Brislington, near Bristol, as early as 1770. Compared with the Spanish lustre dishes, it is more rudely ornamented and poor and inartistic in form compared with their Arabic designs. Our English copper lustre, or “gilty” ware, as it is called in some parts of the country and in Ireland, may be sub-divided into two classes. The plain copper lustre, in which the jug, or dish, or teapot is entirely covered with the copper lustre; and secondly, the partially lustrous ware, in which some portions of the pottery are in relief and are coloured with some bright pigments, or left white. [Illustration: GROUP OF COPPER LUSTRE WARE.] [Illustration: COPPER LUSTRE BUST. (15-1/2 in. high.) _From the Collection of Mr. W. G. Honey._] In the group of lustre ware, which we reproduce, with the exception of the centre dish, all the pieces are copper lustre. The three fine jugs are decorated with turquoise blue, as are also the two cream jugs. This blue, though it comes out white in our illustration, is of a deep turquoise. On the top shelf, the jug to the right is decorated with red as well as blue. It will be observed that the spouts of the jugs are in the form of a man’s head with long beard, and the handle is the figure of a man’s body. The scenes depicted on them are typically English in treatment. A castle in background and a shepherd with his flock in foreground. The small lustre cup has simply a rough-surfaced band of white running round it. The whole form a representative group of this class of ware. [Illustration: _W. G. Honey._] [_Cork._ COPPER LUSTRE JUGS. (4-1/4 in., 6-1/2 in., 7-1/2 in. high.)] The best period in the copper lustre is in the first years of the nineteenth century, before the introduction of colours in conjunction with the coppered surface. It may be observed in passing that the art of producing copper lustre has continued in a spasmodic manner down to the present day, the latter specimens being of a rougher exterior and of a coarser finish. [Illustration: COPPER LUSTRE JUG. (8-3/4 in. high.) _From the Collection of Mr. W. G. Honey._] By the kindness of Mr. W. G. Honey we are enabled to reproduce some fine examples of lustre ware from his collection on view last year at the Cork Exhibition. The copper lustre bust, 15-1/2 in. high, is a perfect example of lustre ware at its highest level. This specimen has no equal in any of the public collections. Two other illustrations, one of which appears as a headpiece, giving half a dozen forms of copper lustre jugs, are from the same collection. While the copper lustre jug, 8-3/4 in. high, is a beautiful specimen of fine modelling. [Illustration: _W. G. Honey._] [_Cork._ SILVER LUSTRE SUGAR-BOWL. (3 in. high.)]