In 1871 the manufacture of china was added to that of earthenware (new buildings being specially erected for the purpose), and the productions in this department have made rapid strides towards perfection. In china, dinner, tea, breakfast, dessert, and other services, jugs, and a variety of useful articles, as well as vases and other fancy goods, are produced. Messrs. B. & S. have, in this branch, produced some novel and very effective designs in dessert services, centre-pieces, fern and flower-stands, &c., and some of their vases are of the highest style of excellence. Notably among these is a pair of magnificent vases, exquisitely painted, with Etty-like subjects of “Morning and Mid-day.” These are among the highest achievements of modern Art. Among the minor pieces is an oviform vase representing the hatching of the egg. The body of the vase is true to nature in colour--that of a sea-bird’s egg; the handles are formed of the heads, and the bird’s legs and feet form the stand. [Illustration: Fig. 440.] The mark of the firm upon the printed goods was formerly W & B, W B, or W B & S, in addition to the name of the pattern. The present mark on both earthenware and porcelain is-- [Illustration: Fig. 441.] [Illustration: Fig. 442.] The impressed marks are the Staffordshire knot (Fig. 442), enclosing the initials W B; and the name BROWNFIELD. The firm does a large home trade, as well as an export one to Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Russia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, United States and other parts of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and other countries. The manufactory is very extensive; upwards of five hundred persons being employed. * * * * * [Illustration: Figs. 443 to 446.] [Illustration: Figs. 447 to 453.]