THE ORIGINS OF WORCESTER PORCELAIN

LOCAL INGENUITY AND THE PATHWAYS FROM STAFFORDSHIRE,

STOURBRIDGE, BOW, LIMEHOUSE & BRISTOL

BY RAY JONES

WITH A CONTRIBUTION BY BILL JAY

PARKBARN - ISBN 978-1-898097-06-8

Recommended retail £65

Now available is my book The Origins of Worcester Porcelain. This work embraces over 10 years of

extensive research accompanied by over 1,250 full colour photographs. These are spread through 592

pages printed on high quality 150 gsm silk paper. The book examines aspects of ceramic developments

in Great Britain from around the 1720s onwards that brought about, or had a bearing on, the

founding of the Worcester porcelain manufactory. The book features rare and significant wares (that

date from prior to 1760) from the Museum of Royal Worcester, other museums, auction houses and

private collections. The subject matter includes:

1/ The pottery route from Staffordshire & Stourbridge including the site of William Shore’s pottery,

local glass making, Robert Podmore, the early career of Benjamin Quarman. (30 pages)

2/ Experimentation at Worcester before 1752 and the probable wares produced at St John’s or Broad

Street, Worcester. (38 pages)

3/ Edward Heylyn and Bow before 1746. The Bow ‘A’ Marked wares. (62 pages)

4/ Limehouse & Pomona wares. The misattribution of wares to Limehouse. (70 pages)

5/ Benjamin Lund’s incredible life story. Events in London. Briand & Steers. (34 pages)

6/ The possible locations of Lund’s Bristol manufactory. Bristol delftware and glasshouses in Redcliffe.

(34 pages)

7/ Soaprock from Cornwall. (16 pages)

8/ The wares of the Lund’s manufactory, Bristol-Worcester transitional wares. (96 pages)

9/ The early wares of the Worcester manufactory (circa 1751-1758). (72 pages)

10/ The Warmstry site of the Worcester manufactory with detailed plans. (12 pages)

11/ Early Worcester polychrome decoration. The expansion of the facilities at the Warmstry site from

around 1755 onwards. (22 pages)

12/ Early Worcester transfer-printing. References to Birmingham. (12 pages)

13/ The George II busts & brackets. (4 pages)

14/ A chapter contributed by Dr Bill Jay: a study of Worcester porcelain sherds with previously unpublished

analytical data. (38 pages)

15/ Ceramic chemical analysis & data. Including Pomona, Limehouse, ‘A’ Marked, Bow, Lund’s

Bristol, Worcester & Vauxhall. Includes many previously unpublished analyses including work carried

out on my behalf at Norwich University. (20 pages)

THE VERDICT OF THE CERAMIC EXPERTS

(including Simon Spero, Anton Gabszewicz & Errol Manners)

‘Your remarkable book will be essential reading for all interested parties

for decades to come’

‘What a tour de force in every sense ... it is most impressive’

‘A work of monumental scale ... a goldmine of information ... congratulations, a triumph’