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Griffith also states that he saw on the end-wall of a well-built store, 

 opposite to the ruins of the parish church, the name " Jonathan 

 Chamberleyne 1719 " in letters eighteen inches long, made of white 

 earthenware. These remained until the wall was pulled down in 1831. 

 The kilns were standing at Killiane until cleared away about the year 1870. 

 Unfortunately in this account no mention is made of what kind of pottery 

 was produced. The making of china or porcelain would appear to have been 

 very improbable. 



Dublin. 



The earliest reference I have found to pottery-making in Dublin belongs 

 to the year 1739. On November the 10th of that year John Chambers 

 petitioned Parliament for aid to carry on the pottery manufacture, and stated 

 that he had brought workmen from abroad, and had erected a kiln to bake 

 and burn earthenware. He also presented a petition to the Dublin Society 

 in February, 1739 ; but neither of these applications appears to have had any 

 result, nor is any reference made as to what kind of pottery he produced. 

 In The Dublin Journal of August 12th, 1751, his death is announced as 

 follows : — " Died John Chambers, formerly proprietor of the Pot House on 

 the Strand." This pottery was perhaps taken over by John Crisp and Co., 

 for in 1747 the Dublin Society awarded " a premium of £10 for the best 

 dishes and plates of earthenware to John Crisp and Co., who carry on their 

 delft ware at the World's End, on the Strand. Their ware seems to be as 

 good as any imported for colour, size and paint ; all made of Carrickfergus 

 clay, as those of Liverpool are." Crisp and Co. obtained a premium of £8 

 in the following year for the best set of earthenware dishes and plates. 

 Whether there were two earthenware factories in Dublin at the period is not 

 quite clear. However, in 1749, David Davis and Co., on the Strand, near 

 the Ship Building, obtained a premium of £8 from the Dublin Society for 

 earthenware dishes and plates, which were said to excel any of the like 

 imported, in the blue and white colour and beauty of the work and 

 cheapness. Davis and Co. also obtained premiums in the years 1750 

 and 1751 for sets of earthenware, and are described as being at the 

 World's End. Crisp and Co. are also mentioned as being at the World's 

 End, so that perhaps Davis took over the works from Crisp. The World's 

 End was near Mabbot Street. The following advertisement appears in the 

 " Dublin Courant," in the years 1748 and 1749 : — " At the Irish delft ware- 

 house on the North Strand, near the Ship Building, Dublin, are made and 

 sold by wholesale and retail a variety of blue and white delft-ware, allowed 



