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" The Bristol Room." 



The additions to this department have of late years been 

 so varied in character and so numerous that it is now necessary 

 to revise our conceptions of its ultimate importance, and to 

 re-model the whole as soon as opportunity offers. 



The Hodgkin collection of dated and inscribed Bristol 

 delft ware has been arranged in a " C" case. The dated 

 specimens range from 1680 to 1773. 



Mr. Wm. J. Pountney has, during the year, written a 

 detailed and descriptive catalogue of the whole of the Bristol 

 porcelain, pottery and delft possessed by the Museum. As 

 Mr. Pountney is a descendant of a noted Bristol potter, 1813- 

 1853, and was connected with the Bristol potteries in his 

 youth, he has been able to furnish most valuable information 

 and to recognise the work of the various artists and potteries. 

 His recent excavations on the site of old potteries, and his 

 historical investigations have also added to the value of the 

 collections. 



To Mr. Pountney, the Committee is also indebted for the 

 opportunity of securing, by presentation, Anthony Amatt's 

 note-books of receipts for the manufacture of glazes used by 

 the old Bristol potters. Anthony Amatt was a thrower, and 

 for some time a painter at Richard Champion's Porcelain 

 Works from 1768-80. He was also proprietor of the pottery 

 at Crew's Hole. 



The Clifton and West of England Amateur Photographic 

 Association have, through Messrs. E. J. L. Gardiner and W. 

 Mohne, presented a valuable and extensive series of photo- 

 graphs, arranged in album form, of old and vanishing features 

 of Bristol and district. 



A catalogue has been prepared of all pictures, drawings, 

 and prints in the Museum which relate to Old Bristol. ■ Tt 

 •contains 1,724 entries. 



