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then demolished. However, in 1888 production was restarted by James Wraith Senior, who used the old designs and marked his products Leeds
Pottery. This business wound down in 1957. Leeds City Council restarted the brand in 1983, making reproduction pieces, but soon had to sell the business. Production was moved to
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An impressed mark of "Leeds
Pottery" (or "Leeds * Pottery") was introduced around 1775, to which "Hartley Greens & Co" was added from 1800. The earlier wares were unmarked, and attribution of pieces to Leeds is sometimes uncertain (with Liverpool and Swansea being the most likely alternatives).
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In the early 19th century, however, the company went into a prolonged decline and from 1821 was sold repeatedly, becoming in turn
Wainwright & Co., Stephen & James Chappell, Warburton & Britton, and finally Richard Britton & Sons, until it finally closed in 1881. Its buildings were
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Leeds
Pottery has had a long and complex business history. It was created in Hunslet by John Green and Joshua Green, unrelated, around 1756, joined by Richard Humble in 1775 to become Humble, Green, and Co. Circa 1783 a businessman named William Hartley joined the firm, and the firm was renamed
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134:), a high proportion of the earlier wares were not decorated. Other decorative techniques used include "engine-turning", where the body is covered with coloured slip, which is then selectively removed to create a pattern, and (in the early 19th century) "
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By 1790 the company employed 150 people. Leeds wares were lighter than those of most of their competitors, which gave them an advantage in
European markets where import tariffs were based on weight. But this trade was greatly disrupted by the
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The pottery produced catalogues of goods in 1783, 1785, 1786, 1794, and 1814; the pattern is somewhat indicative of the development of the business. There are other documents, and pattern books illustrating decoration, in the
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glaze is applied. Some black "basalt" stonewares were produced, mostly teawares and after 1790. Many were "engine-turned", with geometric decoration cut on a wheel. Some figures, rather in the style of
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Chestnut basket on dish, attributed to Leeds
Pottery, 1780-1800, creamware. Hot roast chestnuts needed to be able to "breathe".
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1770s sauceboat, attributed to Leeds; the twisted handle is characteristic.
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was in 1814 replaced by a converted windmill on their Leeds premises.
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Hartley Greens & Co. The company's flint mill at
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lustre" where parts of the piece are covered before a
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Conservation and restoration of ancient Greek pottery
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256:Harvester and companion, c. 1790, 7.5 inches high
151:and others, were made, sold plain or enamelled.
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25:Leeds Pottery tulip vase, circa 1780,
510:The Country Life Pocket Book of China
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244:plate with pierced openwork, c. 1780
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359:Godden, 192; Hughes, 260-262
268:Creamware cocklepot, c. 1790
101:Victoria & Albert Museum
16:English pottery manufacturer
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512:, 1965, Country Life Ltd
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422:Godden, 197; Hughes, 262
395:Godden, 192; Hughes, 262
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171:Thorpe Arch
103:in London.
69:earthenware
29:painted in
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873:Red-figure
868:Rang Mahal
783:Burnishing
712:Terracotta
700:soft-paste
695:hard-paste
685:Jasperware
642:Tin-glazed
632:Lustreware
483:References
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322:lustreware
149:Ralph Wood
140:lustreware
126:painting,
124:underglaze
31:underglaze
957:Delftware
808:Pit fired
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690:Porcelain
680:Ironstone
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607:Kaolinite
306:Prattware
242:Creamware
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57:creamware
27:pearlware
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803:Painting
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735:Moulding
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612:Petuntse
597:Feldspar
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83:Openwork
65:openwork
61:Wedgwood
962:Faience
947:Islamic
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793:Glazing
730:Coiling
558:Pottery
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49:Hunslet
952:Persia
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853:Malwa
843:Jorwe
330:Notes
155:Marks
90:Wares
53:Leeds
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