_Aug. 22._ At Nottingham. Called on Mr. Rigley; he says he was used ill about some figure Thorpe sent, not to order, and has done. _Sept. 24._ At Bow. Went to hear Mr. John Crowther preach his first sermon. _Oct. 16._ Bought a china figure for Mrs. McNally, 4_s._ Painting do., 1_s._ 3_d._ Treating Mrs. McNally, wine, 1_s._ Went to see her home from the play, 1_s._; purl, 2_d._ (This lady was a good customer of the firm: on referring to the cash-book, we find she paid, on Oct. 16th, £18 13_s._ 9_d._) _Nov. 27._ At Bow. Observed in the burning of the bisquit ware that dishes and plates should be burnt in new cases, and only one in each case, as when two are burnt in one another it is certain that one is always bad. All handled chocolates and coffees and handled teas to be burnt with covers. _Dec. 26._ Dined with Mr. H. Frye and family at Stratford.’ “In the front of this book is a note in pencil, written in 1866, stating that-- “‘One hundred years since, John Bowcocke died, Tuesday, Feb. 26th, 1765, at 6 o’clock in the evening, of lockjaw. He was brother to William Bowcocke, of Chester, painter, my mother’s father.--THOS. BAILEY.’ “In the same collection are two books of pencil sketches by a French artist named De la Cour, of plants, trees, festoons of flowers, rococo scrolls, cane handles, frames, chimney-pieces, landscapes (among which is a view of London), figures, single figures for statuettes, &c. Another book contains coloured engravings by Martin Engelbrecht, of Nuremberg, of a great variety of subjects suitable for painting on china: costumes of various nations, ladies and gentlemen splendidly attired, shepherds and shepherdesses, garden scenes and summer-houses, palaces, birds, animals and insects, hunting scenes, musicians, Chinese figures and scenery, interlaced ornaments, &c. A fourth book, published by Edwards and Darley, 1754, consists of engraved subjects,--Chinese interiors, vases, figures, pagodas, bridges, animals, exotic birds, insects, &c. The Chinese designs are mixed up with _rococo_ scrolls and other ornamental work.” Enough will have been gleaned from the foregoing regarding the various productions of the Bow Works. One or two noted examples, however, require to be specially named, as being usually associated in the minds of collectors with this manufactory. One of these is a well-known small goat milk-jug which was formerly always attributed to Bow. It bears a bee in relief under the spout which was supposed to be allegorical of the initial B of Bow. Some examples, however, are without the bee. They are occasionally marked with a simple triangle, which, however, has been shown to have been occasionally used at Chelsea; and that the goat jugs were also there made.[71]