John Lodge, the eminent engraver, engraved some plates for printing at Derby. The following is his bill for some engraving done in 1771:-- Mr. DEUSBERRY Dr. to JOHN LODGE, £ _s._ _d._ Engraving a Plate of Chinese Figures 0 10 6 Copper to do. 0 2 6 To Engraving Eight Borders 0 16 0 Copper to do. 0 1 11 To Engraving two Plates for Cups and Saucer 1 1 0 Copper 0 4 5 To Engraving two Plates for Cup and Saucer 1 1 0 Copper to do. 0 2 4 To Engraving two Plates for Small China 1 4 0 Copper to do. 0 5 10 ---------- £5 9 6 ========== Sept. 28, 1771. Recd. the Contents in full of all demands, JOHN LODGE. Fruit dishes, and other articles were at one time made with open-work reticulated rims or sides; a raised “Dresden” flower being placed on each of the outer sections in much the same manner as was characteristic of one period of Worcester work. These were made both in blue and white, and in enamel; they are somewhat scarce. [Illustration: Fig. 53.] In 1789 Mr. Duesbury endeavoured to introduce batt-printing into his manufactory, and for that purpose prevailed on his former assistant, J. Hancock, then in Staffordshire, to inquire into and describe to him the process. I must not omit to say that earthen ware, called the “Cream Ware,” very closely resembling Wedgwood’s celebrated “Queen’s Ware,” was made at Derby for a short time, and was of great beauty. Specimens of this ware are of great rarity. In 1790 Mr. Duesbury invented a machine for exhibiting the contraction of earthen bodies when in the fire; this he had constructed by Spooner and Son. [Illustration: Figs. 56 to 58.] The marks used at the Derby China Works may be thus briefly summarised. The simple writing letter _D_ is said to have been the first mark used by William Duesbury. The _D_, which stands either as the initial of Derby or of Duesbury, conjoined with the anchor of Chelsea [anchor symbol] is the distinctive mark of the Chelsea-Derby period--the period when William Duesbury, who had purchased the Chelsea works, carried on both the manufactories, and, later, produced goods at Derby from the Chelsea moulds. Two or three varieties of this mark, according to the taste or whim of the workmen, occur (see Figs. 56, 57, and 58). [Illustration: Figs. 59 to 61.]