By these improvements much of the heavy drudgery of labour both to children and adults was saved. In these works, too, the whole of the rooms containing the machinery are heated by steam, and kept at one uniform temperature. To Mr. Edwards the white graniteware, which has now become so important a feature in the Pottery district, mainly owes its excellence; that made by him being considered to be all that could be desired by our transatlantic brethren, and to be the standard of perfection to which the aims of other houses were directed. In 1851 a medal was awarded to Mr. Edwards, and an additional certificate of merit, for beauty of form and excellence of goods exhibited. At the New York Exhibition they also received honourable mention, and in 1865 a prize medal was awarded for electrical, chemical, galvanic, and photographic apparatus in both ironstone and earthenware. Mr. Edwards, who had taken his son Mr. Richard Edwards into partnership, retired from the concern in 1861, and died, full of honours, as a magistrate and otherwise, in January, 1867,--one of his last acts of thoughtful benevolence being that of (only a few days before his death) sending to a number of his old workpeople at the manufactory cheques varying in amount from £20 to £100 each, according to each one’s length of service. The works are now carried on by Mr. Richard Edwards under the style of “James Edwards and Son.” The productions consist of white graniteware for the American and steamship trade; ordinary earthenware for the home trade, in which all the usual services, &c., are made; Indian ironstone goods; and electrical, chemical, galvanic, and photographic appliances. These are all of the highest quality, and are much in repute. In “stone china,” which is of good firm semi-transparent quality, many excellent patterns are made. Among these are the “bishop,” “barley,” “mediæval,” “rope,” “tulip,” “scroll,” and others. The marks used by the firm, June, 1842, are as follows. The royal arms above the name STONE CHINA JAMES EDWARDS & SON DALE HALL The same, with the addition, beneath, of the trade mark, a dolphin entwined round an anchor. The initials _J E & S_ in writing letters, surrounded by a circular garter bearing the words IRONSTONE CHINA. The name J EDWARDS & SON surrounded by an oval garter bearing DALE HALL the words IRONSTONE CHINA. And Dalehall surrounded by a similar oval garter bearing the name JAMES EDWARDS & SON. An impressed mark of EDWARDS is also used. D H * * * * * _Dale Hall Brick and Tile Company._--These works belong to the Brownhills Pottery Company (see page 288, _pcst._) and produce all the usual classes of plain and ornamental goods. * * * * *