Down to the times even of Queen Elizabeth (1558 to 1603) we know that trenchers of wood, and cups and bottles of wood as well as of leather (these were called "black jacks"), were in common use even in good houses. As late as 1663, Pepys, in his most entertaining "Diary," says that at the lord-mayor's feast meats were served on wooden dishes, and were eaten off trenchers. The common dishes in Queen Elizabeth's housekeeping were of wood; while those for the queen's table were of silver, or possibly of pewter. These silver and pewter services prevailed on the tables of the wealthy till some time after the introduction of porcelain from China, and delft from Holland, which came in in considerable quantities about 1650 and later. The first glazed ware made in England seems to have been the brown stone-ware, which, Chaffers says, was in use down to about 1680, and mostly in the shape of pitchers, jugs, and bottles. It did not at first come into use for table-dishes. After this dishes were made of coarse and gritty clay, not at all equal to the delft-ware, upon which a lead-glaze was used of a greenish or dark-yellowish color. This lead or plumbiferous glaze continued in use for a long time; but when it was _first_ used in England seems unknown. Salt-glaze was used in Staffordshire in 1680. One of the earliest attempts at "fancy" in English pottery is to be seen in the drinking-cup called a "_tyg_," which has three handles, intended for three friends; so that each could drink from his own lip in succession. Mugs with two and four handles were also made. At LAMBETH it is believed that some Dutch potters made earthenware resembling delft as early as 1650. A patent was granted to some potters by the name of Van Hamme in 1676. Various pieces of glazed pottery with English designs remain, bearing dates from 1642 down to 1682, which it is thought were made here. At FULHAM stone-ware of a fine quality seems to have been made by a Mr. Dwight as early as 1671. This, in the accounts of the day, was sometimes called "_porcellane_." There is reason to believe that a good degree of advance was reached here, and that the work approached that made at Cologne, now called "Grès de Flanders." Figures and busts were also made here, a few of which are still extant. Two gentlemen named ELERS, who came to England with William of Orange, were clever men, and one of them was a chemist. They discovered clay at Bradwell, and established a pottery there, where for a time they produced good ware from the red clay. But curious eyes were at work to discover their processes, and one Astbury, pretending to be a half-witted fellow, succeeded in doing it; and then their business was ruined and broken up. From Paul Elers descended the wife of Richard Lovel Edgeworth, whose daughter is known as Maria Edgeworth.