216 Sir H. Doulton on Developnents of English Pottery. [Feb. 17, 



It is mnch to be feared that the taste and intelligence of purcbasers 

 has not advanced concurrently with the production of really beautiful 

 and artistic works. There is with the public of the present time a 

 morbid craving after novelties, irrespective of their intrinsic excel- 

 lence, and this craving leaves neither designer nor manufacturer time 

 to develop the full capabilities of his productions before the passing 

 day of public appreciation has gone by. 



I might here refer to two original workers whose early training 

 was accomplished at the Lambeth School of Art, viz. Miss Barlow 

 and Mr. Tin worth. Mr. Tin worth undoubtedly owes the recognition 

 and early development of his powers to this School, and opportunities 

 of more advanced study to the Royal Academy. (Lantern views 

 were here shown of some of Mr. Tinworth's works.) 



The last fifty years has seen development rather than initiative in 

 pottery treatments, and science even more, than art will probably have 

 the greatest influence on this manufacture in the immediate future. I 

 would fain indulge the hope that a large proportion of the works of 

 this period, surviving the ravages of time, will testify in the distant 

 future to the combined beauty and utility of the production of the 

 English potter in the Victorian age. 



[H. D.] 



(The lecture was illustrated by a series of specimens, and in the 

 library was exhibited a collection of the productions of Doulton, 

 Minton, Worcester, Maw, and De Morgan, including some examples 

 of Messrs. Doulton's Burslem ware.) 



