Handbook to the collection of British pottery and porcelain, in the Museum of Practical Geology (1893)
Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain) · London : Printed for H.M. Stationary Office, by Eyre and Spottiswood, sold only at the Museum · leaf 114
ace of this ware is covered with u variegated glaze,((ithcr of a rich brown or of a niotth^l purjiln and gi-ccn colour,obtained by the iise of manganese ore with galena. ThomasWheilflon of Litth- Fenton, was famous for th< pioduction ofsuch tortoise-shell ware, and it was also nianufacturfd… … The octagonal plates, G. 81 and82, are characteristic examplesof the ware, while the beautiful80 (Fig. 90) isas a skilful piecethe thewith specimen G.noteworthyof work,douhle, andperforatedwork. Wheildon, who acquired reputa-tion for his tortoise-sliell and agateproducing pottery in imitation bod}^…
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