In 1750 the works appear, from the original account-books in the possession of Lady Charlotte Schrieber, to have come into the hands of Messrs. Weatherby and Crowther, who, I may add, were potters at St. Catherine’s, near the Tower. At this time the manufactory was evidently called “New Canton,” by which name it continued to be known for some years. It was thus named because, as Thomas Craft wrote in 1790, “the model of the building was taken from that at Canton in China.” With reference to this name of “New Canton” a remarkably curious and very interesting example is in existence, and belongs to my friend, Mr. Binns F.S.A. It is an inkstand of flat circular form, and is decorated in blue with flowers, etc. On the top it bears the words, “MADE AT NEW CANTON, 1750.” In the centre of the well for the ink, and around it, are five pen-holes. It is shown on the accompanying engraving (Fig. 405). The date, 1750, would show that it was made in the year when the works first passed, as is supposed, into the hands of Crowther and Weatherby. Another similar inkstand, deposited in the Museum of Practical Geology by Mr. Brooks, is dated one year later, its inscription being, “MADE AT NEW CANTON, 1751.” On the 7th of February, 1753, the Bow manufactory opened a wholesale and retail warehouse in Cornhill, London; as shown in the following advertisement which I copy from the _Derby Mercury_ of Friday, March 9th, in that year:-- “BOW CHINA WAREHOUSE “Was opened on _Wednesday_, the 7th of _February_, near the _Royal Exchange_, in _Cornhill, London_, with a Back Door facing the _Bank_, in _Threadneedle-street_, for the convenience of all Customers, both in Town and Country; where it will continue to be sold in the same manner as formerly, at _BOW_, with Allowance made to Wholesale dealers.” In November of the same year an advertisement for painters appeared in _Aris’s Birmingham Gazette_, as follows:-- “This is to give notice to all painters in the blue and white potting way and enamellers on china ware, that by applying, at the counting house at the China-house, near Bow, they may meet with employment and proper encouragement according to their merit; likewise painters brought up in the snuff-box way, japanning, fan painting, &c., may have an opportunity of trial, wherein if they succeed they shall have due encouragement. N.B.--At the same house a person is wanted who can model small figures in clay neatly.” In 1760, among the many clever artists employed was one Thomas Craft, who has left a most interesting souvenir of his connection with these works in the shape of a fine punch-bowl, measuring nearly nine inches in diameter, which is accompanied by the following note in his own handwriting:--