. Staffordshire pottery and its history . ng built Calver House in1793, but his trade suffered in the French wars,and in 1 8 1 o he retired from business and went toLiverpool where he died in The PhoenixWorks were carried on by Thomas Goodfellowtill they were pulled down about 1860. Ware, besides being thrown, moulded or cast,and coated with the transparent glaze of salt orlead, requires decoration. This decoration couldbe given by coloured clay slips, after the mannerof the old Toft dishes, or after the manner ofRalph Shaws graffiato ware, or as what iscalled scratched blue. But decora
. Staffordshire pottery and its history . ng built Calver House in1793, but his trade suffered in the French wars,and in 1 8 1 o he retired from business and went toLiverpool where he died in The PhoenixWorks were carried on by Thomas Goodfellowtill they were pulled down about 1860. Ware, besides being thrown, moulded or cast,and coated with the transparent glaze of salt orlead, requires decoration. This decoration couldbe given by coloured clay slips, after the mannerof the old Toft dishes, or after the manner ofRalph Shaws graffiato ware, or as what iscalled scratched blue. But decoration could alsobe given by means of enamelling paints. Paintsthat is which are mixed with glass, and, on beingheated, fuse into the glaze and become fast. Thisenamelling was in the early days a special tradeand no part of the potters business. The shop-keeper might, if he liked, employ somebody calledan enameller to enamel his particular cups andsaucers. The enameller used a small muffle* Shaw op. cit. p. 201. t Shaw, op. p. 93. 68. Scratched blue salt glaze cup, dated 1750. From theStoke-on-Trent Museums. To face p. 68 THE BEGINNING OF THE FACTORY stove where the ware could be heated sufficientlyto fuse the glaze and paint together, while at thesame time it was kept away from direcSt contactwith flames or smoke. The best enamellers were to be found in Lon-don, engaged in enamelling the porcelain of Bowand Chelsea; but it soon became obvious thatenamellers were wanted in the Staffordshire pot-teries also. It was again two Dutchmen whoinitiated into this art the native potters of Stafford-shire. They probably knew the Warburtons and setup their enamelling ovens near them in Hot Lane.*Here they worked and attempted to keep theirart secret, with the usual result of attractingspecial attention. Their stoves, their mixtures andtheir temperatures soon became public property,and a regular enamelling industry was soon estab-lished round Hot Lane. It is said to havebeen RalphDanie
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