The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 2 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
Among the men of eminence who have been connected with the potteries
of Liverpool, besides those named, were William Roscoe, the eminent
Art-critic and biographer; Peter Pever Burdett, the engraver, who also
worked for Wedgwood, and who introduced the process of transferring
aquatints to pottery and porcelain; Paul Sandby, who assisted other
manufactories; and other artists of note. It may also be well to say
a word or two on those pieces which more than others are considered
to be “Liverpool pottery,” and which, indeed, I believe are thought
by many collectors to be the only kind ever made there. I allude to
the mugs, plates, &c., of cream-coloured ware which are decorated with
ships or with flags of different merchants, and signals. These were
principally made at the works of Guy Green, in Harrington Street, of
whom I have already spoken. Some pieces have the engraving of the
lighthouse and flags, with the name, “An east view of Liverpool Light
House and Signals on Bidston Hill, 1788.” The flags are all numbered,
and beneath are references, with the owner’s names, to forty-three
different flags. Another piece with the same date has forty-four flags
and owners’ names, showing the addition of a new merchant in that year.
Others again, without date, show fifty and seventy-five flags, and are
therefore interesting as showing the rapid extension of the port. These
pieces are very sharply engraved and printed in black, and the flags on
some of the pieces are coloured.
WARRINGTON.[6]
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