COALPORT, IN COLEBROOK DALE, SHROPSHIRE.--Works were established here by Mr. John Rose, about 1780 to 1790. The Caughley works were subsequently incorporated with these, as were the Swansea and Nantgarw works. The factory is still in operation at Coalport, where fine porcelain is produced.
HERCULANEUM.--This pottery was established near Liverpool in 1790, by Richard Abbey; about 1796 it went into the hands of Messrs. Worthington, Humble, and Holland. Porcelain was made here, though earthen-ware was the principal production. On nearly all the porcelain the name "Herculaneum" is either printed or stamped. The works ceased wholly about the year 1841, having passed through a number of hands. The site is now occupied by the Herculaneum Dock, at Liverpool.
SHELTON, OR NEW HALL--HARD PASTE.--A small factory of porcelain grew up at Shelton, out of the wreck of Champion's works at Bristol. Champion appears to have sold his patents and good-will to a partnership of potters about 1777, and Champion himself became their superintendent for a time at Tunstall. Afterward the works were removed to the New Hall, at Shelton.
The work done was hard paste, and much like that made at Bristol, the same workmen and processes being employed. At first hard porcelain was made, which was stamped with an "N." After 1810 soft paste was used, and the mark then was "New Hall," in a circle.
The factory went out of existence in 1825.
ROCKINGHAM.--Some admirable porcelain was made at the Swinton pottery, under the patronage of the Marquis of Rockingham, upon whose estate the factory stood. About 1807 the works went into the hands of the two Bramelds, who made porcelain of the best description, sparing no pains or cost to bring it to perfection. Of course, they could make no money--it is not easy when one gives more than one gets. Some of the pieces of "Rockingham" rank as high as any made in England. Specimens are rare in England, and I know of none in this country. The works ceased in 1842.
The mark was a griffin, the Rockingham crest:
SPODE.--Some of the richest and most beautiful English porcelain I have ever seen is marked "Spode." A tea-set, in Fig. 152 (cup and saucer, and sugar-bowl), is perfect in form, paste, and decoration; the bands are in high colors, and the flowers, which appear black in the engraving, are of a subtile blue.