Transfer printing on enamels, porcelain and pottery : its origin and development in the United Kingdom . ecember, 1757,should have been addressed to Josiah. If the writerwanted to exalt the Holdship family, Richard was theman, for he was not only a transfer printer, but heheld a more important position than his brother at theWorcester factory; and was in the habit of having hisinitials placed on many of the pieces of ware. Thisfact alone indicated that he held a leading position, forhe had no moral right to do so. Dr. Wall did notassume such a role, and Josiah Holdship was notpermitted to do s
Transfer printing on enamels, porcelain and pottery : its origin and development in the United Kingdom . ecember, 1757,should have been addressed to Josiah. If the writerwanted to exalt the Holdship family, Richard was theman, for he was not only a transfer printer, but heheld a more important position than his brother at theWorcester factory; and was in the habit of having hisinitials placed on many of the pieces of ware. Thisfact alone indicated that he held a leading position, forhe had no moral right to do so. Dr. Wall did notassume such a role, and Josiah Holdship was notpermitted to do so. Cynthio, who wrote the poem,might have been a personal friend of Josiah. Themixed nature of the circumstances goes to show thatthere were undercurrents at this interesting potworks,which indicate that there were elements of personalfriction at work. It was certainly creditable ofDr. Wall that he was able to get the large amount ofsuccess out of the factory in such circumstances. However, as to Josiah Holdships claim to be theoriginator of transfer printing, it is evident that, as 32 Plate No. Fig. a 24 PLATE, EARTHENWARE, BLUE Origin. Battersea had been printing years before it was doneat Worcester, there can be no grounds whatever insupport of it. The next alleged discoverer on our programme isthat of a noted German chemist and inventor inceramic potting, namely. Dr. Johannis Henrici Pott, ofBerlin. It has taken me a very considerable amountof research to hunt him down and nail the imputationregarding him to the counter. Not, but that anyonecould go direct to the point once the course is pointedout after the Columbus-egg fashion. Dr. Pott, how-ever, was a clever man. He had introduced improve-ments at Berhn so early as the forties of the eighteenthcentury. If so, why not transfer printing ? He hadwritten voluminously. Hence, before deciding thequestion in relation to him, his books had to besearched, and others about him. The great librariesof the Briti
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