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their ware to England is three pence half-penny the pound weight, so that 

 a set made for the Lord Lieutenant (Earl of Halifax), and sent by him 

 to England, amounted to £7 duty." As a result of this petition Wilkinson 

 and Delaruain were granted £300 to assist them to carry on the 

 manufacture. 



In 1763 they presented another petition to Parliament, and in June, 1765, 

 were awarded a premium of £150 by the Dublin Society for delft made 

 since June, 1764, amounting in value to £1,000. For the year ending 

 June, 1766, the value of the ware made was £762 0s. 8§<7., and for similar 

 periods ending June, 1767, and June, 1768, the value was £567 19s. Ad. 

 and £300 respectively. 



The following advertisement appears in The Dublin Journal for 

 August 9th, 1766 : — " Delaruain 's Earthenware Manufactory, Abbey Street : — 

 From the great encouragement given to said manufacture by the Right 

 Hon. and Hon. the Lublin Society, the directors thereof take this public 

 opportunity of returning their most grateful thanks to that most respectable 

 body, and also to the nobility and gentry who have been pleased to 

 countenance and encourage this national undertaking. The executors of 

 the late Henry Delamain beg to acquaint the Society and the public 

 that they have lowered the price of earthenware 15 per cent. ; the fine 

 painted landscape plates from nine shillings per dozen to seven shillings 

 English, the second sort from six shillings to four shillings and sixpence ; 

 tureens, epergnes, boats, bowls, fruit and salad dishes, and all other articles 

 lowered fifteen per cent. There is now a large assortment of the finest 

 ware ever made, ready for sale, far superior to any imported. All commands 

 to be directed to Mrs. Ann Day, at the warehouse in Abbey Street." 



Through the kindness of Mr. S. G. Stopford Sackville, of Drayton House 

 Northamptonshire, I am enabled to illustrate two pieces of Dublin delft. 

 Mr. Sackville possesses six pieces, three bowls and three plates, all of a 

 fine tin-glazed ware, well-painted with landscapes in blue, and each marked 

 underneath with a large harp and crown and the word " Dublin," also in blue. 

 These pieces — probably remains of a set — are stated to have been presented 

 to either the Lord Lieutenant (the Duke of Dorset) or to Lord George 

 Sackville, about 1753 ; and it is almost certain that they were made at 

 Delamain's factory. (Plates I., II., III.) 



Like Liverpool and other English enamelled pottery, no marks appear 

 to have been used on any of the Irish earthenware. This set being an 

 exceptional one probably accounts for the mark. 



Wilkinson and Delamain appear to have carried on the delft manufacture 

 until 1769, when the factory was taken over by the workmen employed, as 



