Practice of the Art in England--The Celtic Period--Classes of Vessels--Cinerary Urns--Food Vessels--Drinking Cups, &c.--Modes of Ornamentation--Food Vessels--Immolation Urns or Incense Cups--Handled Cups 1 CHAPTER II. Romano-British Pottery--Upchurch Ware--Durobrivian Ware--Roman Potters’ Kilns--Pottery in London--Salopian Ware--New Forest Ware--Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, and other Wares--Varieties of Vessels: Amphoræ, Mortaria, &c.--Sepulchral Vessels--Tiles--Tile Tombs--Clay Coffins--Lamps--Penates--Coin Moulds, &c. 24 CHAPTER III. Anglo-Saxon Pottery--Forms of Vessels, from Illustrated MSS.--Culinary Vessels--Pitchers and other domestic Vessels--Cinerary Urns--Cemeteries at Kingston, King’s Newton, Bedford, &c.--Modes of Ornamenting 64 CHAPTER IV. Pottery of the Norman and Mediæval Periods--Examples from Illuminated MSS.--Norman Potworks at Burley Hill--The Ferrars Family--Mediæval Pottery--Grotesque Vessels--Costrils--Mammiform Vessels--The Cruiskeen or Cruiska--Godets, &c.--Simpson’s Petition--Rous and Cullyn’s Patent--Bellarmines--Ale-pots--Salt-glazing--Butter-pots--Dr. Plott--State of Staffordshire Potteries--Combed Ware--Ariens Van Hamme--John Dwight--The Brothers Elers--The Tofts--William Sans--Tygs--Candlesticks--Cradles, &c. 76 CHAPTER V. Pottery in England in the Eighteenth Century--Delft Ware--Posset Pots--Billin’s Patent--Redrich and Jones’s Patent--Benson’s Patents--Ralph Shawe’s Patents--Trial of Right--The Bow Works--Heylyn and Frye’s Patents--The Fulham Works--White’s Patent--The Count de Lauraguais’ Patent--Staffordshire Wares--The Plymouth Works--William Cookworthy’s Patent--Josiah Wedgwood--Crease’s and other Patents--Ralph Wedgwood’s Patents--Progress of the Art during the Century 107 CHAPTER VI. The Fulham Works--Dwight’s Inventions and Patents--First China made in England--Dwight’s Books of Recipes, &c.--Present Productions--Lambeth--Exchequer Trial--High Street--Coade’s Works--London Pottery--Lambeth Pottery--Fore Street--Waters’ Patent--Imperial Pottery--Crispe’s China--Blackfriars Road--Bas-reliefs for Wedgwood Institute--Vauxhall--Aldgate--Millwall--Mortlake--Southwark; Gravel Lane--Isleworth--Stepney--Greenwich--Deptford--Merton-- Hounslow--Wandsworth--Ewell--Cheam--Chiselhurst 118 CHAPTER VII.