THE EARLY POTTERIES OF STAFFORDSHIRE. 



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name of the maker, THOMAS TOFT. In the same museum is 

 a fragment of another similar dish, with the lion and unicorn. 

 A very fine dish of a similar kind, and by the same maker, 

 is preserved in the museum of my late friend, Mr. Bateman, 

 at Lomberdale House, and is engraved on the next page. 

 It is twenty-two inches in diameter, and bears a half-length 

 crowned portrait of King Charles, with sceptre in each hand, 

 and the initials C.R. Below the figure, on the rim, which, 



as usual, is trellised in red and black, is the name THOMAS 

 TOFT. In the same museum is another remarkably fine dish 

 bearing two full-length figures in the costume of the Stuarts, 

 the gentleman holding in his hand his hat and feather, and 

 having " petticoat breeches," tied stockings, and high-heeled 

 boots with ties, and the lady holding a bunch of flowers. 

 Between the figures are the initials W. T., and on the rim 

 at the bottom, in precisely the same manner as the Toft 

 dishes, is the name WILLIAM : TALOR. Another dish of 

 this kind is in the possession of Mr. Mills, of Norwich. 



