22 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



during 1873 and 1874, but after that he worked on his own account in 

 Moore Street, and turned out ornamental ware with coloured glazes, figures, 

 &c. Vodrey used chiefly English clay from Shelton in Staffordshire, for his 

 ware, and continued the manufacture for a few years. He was not a potter 

 himself, and did not actually make any of the pieces, but employed English 

 potters to do the work. Mr. Herbert Cooper continued making pottery, both 

 of Irish and English clay at Molesworth Street until about 1875. In the 

 Cork Exhibition of 1883 Vodrey exhibited " Dublin -manufactured pottery 

 from Irish clays," and in the Irish Artisans' Exhibition of 1885 " artistic 

 and domestic pottery." Mr. Herbert Cooper, however, states that Vodrey 

 never used Irish clay. Pieces of pottery with various coloured glazes are to 

 be found stamped " A'odeey Dubli> t Pottery." 



Large quantities of earthenware were imported into Ireland during the 

 eighteenth century, including Eouen, Burgundy, and Marseilles ware, Dutch 

 pottery and tiles, and English ware. A good deal of this was enamelled or 

 tin-glazed pottery. In 1755 the French ware was sold in Dublin at four 

 guineas a set, painted in yellow and purple, £3 10s. in blue and white; plates 

 painted in yellow and purple 9s. 6</. a dozen, and blue and white plates 

 7s. 6d. a dozen. 



For three years ending March, 1747, the average value of earthenware 

 imported annually into Ireland was £3,367, and between 1753 and 1759 it 

 varied from £10,318 to £6,677. Between 1750 and 1756 the value of the 

 ware imported annually from France alone varied from £1,201 to £131. For 

 three years ending March, 1773, the value of imported wares amounted to 

 £12,085 annually, and for a similar period ending March, 1783, to £17,401. 



Towards the end of the eighteenth century, and early in the nineteenth, 

 when the manufacture of fine earthenware had ceased in Ireland, the value of 

 imported pottery amounted in 1799 to £26,612. in 1807 to £56,441, and in 

 1808 to £90,423. 



Pottery, probably of the coarser kinds, appears to have been made in 

 Ireland after about the year 1820, for in the Custom House Books, preserved 

 in the National Library, Dublin, entries are to be found of the exportation of 

 earthenware of native manufacture. The exports were chiefly from Cork 

 and Dublin, and the annual amounts for the years 1820 to 1823 varied in 

 value from about £500 to £100. 



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EOSTREYOE. 



An earthenware manufactory appears to have been set up at Eostrevor, 

 Co. Down, probably in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. The 

 following advertisements relating to the factoiy appear in The Dublin 



