Figures and Illustrations

Figure 1    The base of the kiln illustrated by Cipriano Piccolpasso (1548).

Figure 2    The base and superstructure of the kiln illustrated by Cipriano Piccolpasso (1548).

Figure 3    Piccolpasso drawing of the kiln within the pottery building (1548).

Figure 4    Diderot’s illustrations of the rectangular plan of the kiln and its location within the pottery building (1756).

Figure 5    a) The kiln at the Bolswards factory, North Netherlands, as shown on a tile picture (1737). b) A kiln from Delft, Netherlands, illustrated by Paape (1794) (illustration from Bloice 1971).

Figure 6    Plan, section and elevations of the best preserved kiln excavated at Norfolk House, Lambeth (c.1680-1737) (illustration from Bloice 1971).

Figure 7    Plan, section and elevation of one of the kilns excavated at Montague Close, Southwark (late 17th century) (illustration from Moorhouse 1971).

Figure 8    Map of St. Anne’s, Brislington showing the location of St. Anne’s Well, the site of St. Anne’s Chapel and the finds of kiln waste listed in Table 1. (Note: The Ordnance Survey erroneously shows St. Anne’s Chapel on the north side of St. Anne’s Road).

Figure 9    The plan of Pountney’s excavations at St. Anne’s Chapel taken from his book Old Bristol Potteries. Due to the very poor reproduction of the plan in the book, for the sake of clarity the author has annotated the plan, following exactly Pountney’s handwritten captions.

Figure 10    Reverend Eden’s watercolour of St. Anne’s showing the pottery cone and Langton Court on the hill behind (taken from Pountney 1920).

Figure 11    The 1745 map showing the Grammar School’s lands in St. Anne’s and the Potthouse (arrowed).

Figure 12    A portion of the 1791 map of the Gore-Langton estate at St. Anne’s showing the relevant field names annotated in modern type for the sake of clarity.

Figure 13    A portion of the 1844 Brislington tithe map showing the relevant field names annotated in modern type for the sake of clarity.

Figure 14    A family tree of the Bennett, Wastfield and Dickson families.

Figure 15    The location of Bristol’s tin-glazed earthenware potteries.

Figure 16    The Common Council Proceedings of 15 September 1682 showing the reference to Edward Ward being nominated for freedom by the Mayor (arrowed).

Figure 17    The St. Mary Redcliffe parish Poor Rate book for 1705 showing the entry for James Margerum’s pothouse (arrowed).

Figure 18    The St. Mary Redcliffe parish Poor Rate book for 1707 showing the entry for John Frank’s pothouse (arrowed).

Figure 19    The lease of 1707 referring to the property adjoining to a garden belonging to a new erected Potthouse on Brandon Hill.

Figure 20    An undated plan showing the Limekiln Lane pottery as having a frontage of 100 feet on Cow Lane.

Figure 21    An undated plan showing Henry Hobbs and Compy the Pott Houses as the property marked ‘N’ at the foot of Brandon Hill.

Figure 22    The St. Augustine’s parish Scavenging Rate book for 1728/9 showing the entry for Pottery & Weaver for the Pothouse (arrowed).

Figure 23    The St. Augustine’s parish Land Tax book for 1734 showing the entries for Mr Pottery’s New Potthouse (arrowed).

Figure 24    The St. Mary Redcliffe parish Lamp and Scavenging Rate book for 1760 showing the entry for John Harwell’s pothouse & tenemts (arrowed).

Figure 25    The total number of earthenware pieces exported from Bristol during the study years from 1662 to 1726.

Figure 26    The number of earthenware pieces exported from Bristol to Ireland during the study years from 1662 to 1726.

Figure 27    The yearly earthenware exports to destinations in Ireland quantified in pieces.

Figure 28    A map showing the extent of trade to destinations in Ireland.

Figure 29    The number of earthenware pieces exported from Bristol to the West Indies during the study years from 1662 to 1726.

Figure 30    The yearly earthenware exports to destinations in the West Indies quantified in pieces.

Figure 31    A map showing the extent of trade to destinations in the West Indies.

Figure 32    The number of earthenware pieces exported from Bristol to North America during the study years from 1662 to 1726.

Figure 33    The yearly earthenware exports to destinations in North America quantified in pieces.

Figure 34    A map showing the extent of trade to destinations in North America.

Figure 35    The number of earthenware pieces exported from Bristol to other destinations, including unidentified ports, during the study years from 1662 to 1726.

Figure 36    The yearly earthenware exports to other destinations quantified in pieces.

Figure 37    Plates (nos. 1-5) and dish (no. 6). Scale: ½

Figure 38    Dishes (nos. 7-13). Scale: ½

Figure 39    Bowls (nos. 14-23). Scale: ½

Figure 40    Bowls with lobed handles (nos. 24-28). Scale ½

Figure 41    Cups (nos. 29-37), cup handles (nos. 38-40) and cups with speckled manganese purple decoration (nos. 41-42). Scale: ½

Figure 42    Mugs (nos. 43-50), storage vessel (no. 51) and possible mug handle (no. 52). Scale: ½

Figure 43    Storage vessels (nos. 53-54) and albarello-type containers (nos. 55-65). Scale: ½

Figure 44    Jugs (nos. 66-68), flower vase (no. 69), pedestal base (no. 70), lid handle (no. 71), salts (nos. 72-73), decorative knob (no. 74) and fragment of graffito (no. 75). Scale: ½

Figure 45    Saggars (nos. 76-82). Scale: ½

Figure 46    Girders (nos. 83-84) and trivets (nos. 85-86). Scale: ½

Figure 47    Sherds with blue decoration (nos. 87-93). Scale: ½

Figure 48    Sherds with blue decoration (nos. 94-102) and with blue and green (stippled) decoration (nos. 103-104). Scale: ½

Figure 49    Sherds with blue, green (stippled), yellow (vertical hatching) and purple (marked P) decoration (nos. 105-110). Scale: ½