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Enoch
Booth, Ralph Wood, Thomas Whieldon |
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Source:
"The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent" John Ward, 1843 |
"About
the same time, Enoch Booth, of Tunstall, commenced manufacturing and improved
article, called Cream-coloured Ware, which was coated with a glaze of lead ore
and ground-flint; and this description of goods also obtained great favour and
circulation."
"A
very material improvement in flat and pressed wares was soon afterwards
introduced by Ralph Daniel, of Cobridge, who, having visited the Potteries in
France, brought back with him a mould of cast gypsum, being the first of the
kind known in the English Potteries, and which being readily multiplied,
afforded great facilities for the making of modelled articles."
"Mr.
Thomas Whieldon established a Potwork at Fenton Low, and brought forth some
elegant varieties called agate, cauliflower, and melon wares, compounded of
native and Devonshire clays and flint; and within a period of less than forty
years, acquired and independent fortune by his business; after retiring from
which, he served the office of High Sheriff of Staffordshire in the year 1788.
He
erected a large mansion at Little Fenton, adjoining to the town of Stoke,
called Fenton Hall, now (around 1843) verging fast to decay for lack of
occupation and care; and which is, probably, destined to be soon removed, to
make way for the Manchester and Birmingham Railway."
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