The origins of Worcester porcelain: local ingenuity and the pathways from Staffordshire, Stourbridge, Bow, Limehouse and Bristol

Contents

Worcester porcelain sherds, pre 1760 : a study in composition using Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy / William Jay -- Ceramic chemical analysis and data -- The Stourbridge pottery of Joseph Shore and the Worcester/Robert Podmore connection -- A geographical and historical study of Hawbush and Brettell encompassing the glasshouses and potteries that emerged in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Early events at Worcester : local ingenuity -- The Bow Manufactory : aspiration, intrigue and inspiration -- Bow "A" marked wares : short-lived excellence -- Limehouse : pathways, the Pomona Manufactory, the Limehouse Wares and misattribution of wares to Limehouse -- Benjamin Lund : a life of endeavor and tragedy -- Ceramic developments in London in the 1740s -- Soaprock from Cornwall -- The possible location of the Lund's Bristol Manufactory -- Lund's Bristol and 'Bristol-Worcester' wares -- Early Worcester wares -- The Warmstry Manufactory -- Early Worcester polychrome decoration -- Early Worcester transfer printing -- Notes on Birmingham references and 'Birmingham Ware' -- The glasshouses and potteries of Bristol in the mid-eighteenth century -- The York Buildings Company in Abernethy and associated commercial activity in Scotland -- The George II busts and brackets.