The manufacture of china under the first William Duesbury must have rapidly risen into eminence, for in 1763, in an account of “goods sent to London,” no less than forty-two large boxes appear at one time to have been despatched to the metropolis, and the proceeds, I presume, of the sale of a part of them, on the 2nd of May, in that year, amounted to no less a sum than £666 17_s._ 6_d._ It is very interesting, at this early period of the art, to be enabled to say of what varieties of goods the consignment to London consisted, and I therefore give the list of contents of some of the boxes entire, and also a few items from others. I do this the more readily because it has been recently said by the writer to whom I have already alluded, “We doubt very much whether the higher sorts of fine porcelain (figures, vases, &c.) were made upon the Nottingham Road until the purchase of the Chelsea Works in 1769 and the commencement of what is called the Chelsea-Derby period, which lasted until 1785 or 1786.” Box No. 41 contained-- 8 Large Flower Jarrs, at 21_s._ 3 Large Ink Stands, at 42_s._ 1 Small ditto, at 24_s._ 4 Large Britanias, at 36_s._ 6 Second-sized Huzzars, at 12_s._ 4 Large Pidgeons, at 7_s._ 12 Small Rabbets, at 2_s._ 12 Chickens, at 2_s._ 16 Small Baskets, at 2_s._ 6_d._ Box No. 31-- 4 Large Quarters, at 40_s._ 4 Shakespeares, at 42_s._ 6 Miltons, at 42_s._ 24 Bucks, on Pedestals, at 2_s._ 6_d._ Box No. 29-- 4 Large Quarters, at 40_s._ 2 Jupiters, at 68_s._ 2 Junos. 5 Ledas, at 36_s._ 1 Europa, at 36_s._ 2 Bird-catchers, at 10_s._ 6_d._ 12 Sixth-sized Solid Baskets. 18 Second-sized Boys, at 1_s._ 6_d._ Box No.11-- 24 Enammelled, round, fourth-size, open-worked Baskets. 12 Blue ditto. 12 Open-worked Spectacle Baskets. 9 Second-size Sage-leaf boats. There were also, of various sizes, blue fluted boats, Mosaic boats, sage-leaf boats, potting pots, caudle cups, blue strawberry pots, fig-leaf sauce boats, octagon fruit plates, vine-leaf plates, coffee cups, flower vases, standing sheep, feeding sheep, cats, sunflower blows, pedestals, honeycomb jars, coffee pots, blue guglets and basins to ditto; butter tubs, Chelsea jars, tea pots, honeycomb pots, figures of Mars and Minerva, sets of the Elements, Spanish shepherds, Neptune, the Muses, bucks, tumblers, roses, Jupiter, Diana, boys, garland shepherd, Spaniards, Chelsea-pattern candlesticks, Dresden ditto, jars and beakers, polyanthus pots, &c., &c.