Mine rock,” and “New rock,” mixed with the growan, or Cornish stone, and flint. This is the last patent connected with ceramics before the year 1800, and therefore brings us down to the commencement of the present century. From 1800 to 1861 no less than three hundred and twenty-two patents were taken out for improvements in the potter’s art or in matters connected with that art. These will be briefly enumerated at the close of this work, and of many of them notices will be found incorporated in its body. In the early part of this century, with the exception of the productions of a few houses, the state of the art was still at a low ebb; and, although improvements were constantly being made, when the great world-struggle took place in 1851, we, as a nation, were found to be lamentably behind some other countries, not only in the beauty of form and decoration of our ceramic productions, but even in quality of body and glaze. Between the Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862 a marked improvement was effected, and this has gone on steadily extending itself, until now Great Britain, without exception, stands foremost of all the nations of earth in this art. I now proceed, in succeeding chapters, to speak of the various earthenware and porcelain works and seats of pottery manufacture, of the kingdom. 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--Mill Wall--Mortlake--Southwark; Gravel Lane--Isleworth--Stepney--Greenwich--Deptford--Merton-- Hounslow--Wandsworth--Ewell--Cheam--Chiselhurst. FULHAM. In 1671, as I have already shown,[39] John Dwight took out a patent for “the mistery of transparent earthenware, comonly knowne by the names of Porcelaine or China, and Persian Ware,” &c. The patent runs as follows:-- “CHARLES THE SECOND, &c., to all to whome theise presents shall come, greeting. “WHEREAS wee have bene informed by the humble peticon of JOHN DWIGHT, Gentl, that he had discovered “THE MISTERY OF TRANSPARENT EARTHENWARE, COMONLY KNOWNE BY THE NAMES OF PORCELAINE OR CHINA, AND PERSIAN WARE, AS ALSOE THE MISTERIE OF THE STONE WARE VULGARLY CALLED COLOGNE WARE; AND THAT HE DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE A MANUFACTURE OF THE SAID WARES INTO OUR KINGDOME OF ENGLAND, WHERE THEY HAVE NOT HITHERTO BENE WROUGHT OR MADE.” And thereupon the said John Dwight hath humbly besought vs to grant him the sole benefitt of the manufacture of the said wares for fourteene yeares, according to the statute in that behalfe made and provided.