ON SOME FRAGMENTS OF ENGLISH EARTHENWARE. 187 



undertaken, the lack of white clay on the spot obliged the potters 



to obtain from Dorsetshire the requisite materials. 



Independently of the interest attached to each of the specimens 



we have briefly described, and which can be now seen in the 



Derby Museum, the whole of the find has a great value as supply- 

 ing us with new documents towards the history of the potting 

 trade in Derbyshire ; and we feel sure that all those interested in 

 the study of the past industries of the county will welcome the 

 discovery of such pieces, which can unquestionably be considered 

 as being of local origin. 



