182 A Cupid group, 1 pair of Bacchus and Ariadne, 6 antique seasons, and 12 boys 183 A set of 5 large vauses, enameled compartments, with figures, and richly gilt 184 A group of poetry, and 1 pair of large figures 3 6 0 185 A pair of groups Poetry and Music, and 4 odd figures 186 Five dozen of small boys 187 A tythe pig group, 1 set of standing seasons, 1 pair of sitting figures, and 2 pair of small gardeners 3 11 0 188 A pair of boy candlesticks, 2 pair of large gardeners, 1 pair of sitting pipe and guitar figures, and 2 pair of small fruit and flower 3 18 0 189 Sundries 190 Ditto 191 Ditto 192 Ditto 193 Ditto 194 Ditto 195 Ditto 196 Ditto 197 Ditto 198 Ditto [Illustration: Figs. 47 to 50.--From the Museum of Practical Geology.] A few months before Mr. Duesbury’s death--which, as I have stated, took place in November, 1786--he took his son William into partnership, and the business was carried on under the style of “Messrs. William Duesbury and Son.” It thus appears upon the title-pages of the sale catalogue of 22nd September in that year, but is altered back to “Mr. William Duesbury” alone in that for 21st December following. For some years before the death of his father the younger Mr. William Duesbury had devoted himself untiringly to the advancement of the works. No man could have been more highly respected, both by his workmen and by all who knew or had dealings with him at home and abroad, than was this second William Duesbury, and under his care the works continued to grow in importance with an astonishing rapidity, and soon became by far the most prosperous and most successful in the kingdom. The connection which had previously been formed with the principal families, from royalty downwards, spread and increased, and among the hundreds of names of purchasers on the sale sheets and other papers, I come across, at random, those of the King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV.), who was a large customer for dessert, tea, coffee, and other services; the Duchess of Devonshire, William Pitt, Sir Hugh Pallisser, the Margravine of Anspach, the Duke of Northumberland, Lord Howe, and indeed almost every title then in the peerage. Besides this, several ladies of distinction painted groups of flowers and other pictures on porcelain, supplied to them for the purpose by Mr. Duesbury, who afterwards fired and finished them for their own special use. Of these ladies, Lady Margaret Fordyce, Lady Plymouth, and Lady Aubrey executed some beautiful drawings, which probably may still remain in their families. Lord Lonsdale also had twenty-four plates painted with landscapes in Cumberland, from his own sketches, and many other noblemen and gentlemen did the same;