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during the tearme aforesaid presume, attempte, or take in hande to 

 make, frame, practise, vse, or exercise, within our said Realmes of 

 England or Ireland, or the Dominions of the same, the said arte, 

 feate, or way of makeing, frameing, or workeing of any manner of 

 the said potte, jugge, or bottelle, comonly called or knowne by the 

 name or names of stone potte, stone jugge, and stone bottelle, what- 

 soever, not heretofore vsually made or wrought within our said 

 realmes or dominions, and to be put in use and practise by the said 

 Thomas Rous, als Rius, and Abraham Cullin, or eyther of them, 

 their or eyther of their executors, administrators, or assignes, or to 

 counterfett the said arte or feate by them or any of them soe to be 

 putt in vse and practise, nor to presume, attempt, or take in hande 

 to make, erecte, frame, or sett vpp any furnace or furnaces to that 

 purpose, vpon payne of forfeyture of all and every such potte, jugge, 

 and bottelle, soe to be made, wrought, or counterfetted, contrary to 

 the true intente and meaning of these psente, and also vpon payne 

 of breakeing and defaceing of all and every the said furnace or 

 furnaces to be made or erected contrary to the tenor hereof ; and, 

 further, vpon payne of our high indignacon and displeasure, and 

 such further penalties and imprisonment as may by the statute or 

 lawes of the said realmes or dominions, or any of them, can or may 

 be inflicted upon them or any of them for their contempt and dis- 

 obedience in breakeing and contemning our comandement and 

 prerogative royall." 



Glazing by salt appears to have been discovered about 

 1680, and gradually took the place of the lead glaze before 

 used. The account given of this discovery is that " at 

 Mr. Joseph Yates', Stanley, near Bagnall, five miles east of 

 Burslem, the servant was preparing, in an earthen vessel, 

 a salt-ley for curing pork, and during her temporary absence 

 the liquid boiled over, and the sides of the pot were quickly 

 red hot from intense heat ; yet, when cold, were covered 

 with an excellent glaze. The fact was detailed to Mr. Palmer, 

 potter, of Bagnall, who availed himself of the occurrence, 

 and told other potters. At the small manufactories in 

 Holden Lane (Adams's), Green Head, and Brownhills 

 (Wedgwood's), salt-glazed ware was soon afterwards made." 

 " The ovens employed for the purpose being used only once 

 weekly, and the ware being cheap, were large in diameter 



