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Journal. April 10th, 1742 : — " William Bright of Charles Street, and 

 Alexander Owens, of Hammond Lane, Dublin, proprietors of the Kostrevor 

 Pot House in the County of Down, make and sell all sorts of the best blue 

 and white earthenware. Such gentlemen as are pleased to bespeak sets of 

 dishes and plates may have their coats of arms or any other pattern they 

 please done on them in the best manner. As the whole work is performed 

 by natives of this kingdom only, they humbly hope to meet with proper 

 encouragement, and propose to sell at the most reasonable rates. N.B. — The 

 said proprietors obtained the premium of £10 from the Dublin Society for 

 exhibiting the best set of earthenware consisting of nine dishes and three 

 dozen plates, which were immediately bought by his Excellency the Lord 

 Chancellor (Bobert Jocelyn, afterwards Baron Newport and Viscount Jocelyn) 

 to encourage paid work." 



March 29th, 1743 : "Whereas the partnership between Alexander Owens, 

 at the Cheshire Cheese in Hammond Lane, Dublin, and William Bright of 

 Charles Street, of the Pot House of Bostrevor near Newr-y Co. Down is 

 dissolved, now said Owens carries on said Pot House and will furnish any 

 gentleman with any sorts of blue and white earthenware, such as dishes and 

 plates of any pattern, or their coats of arms done on them. Said Owens 

 makes all sizes of punch bowls, tea cups and saucers, basins of all sizes, 

 chamber pots and several other sorts of blue and white earthenware. Also 

 apothecaries may be fitted out with any sort or kind of their pots. Likewise 

 said Owens has imported all sorts of English earthenware. Country shop- 

 keepers and dealers may be furnished at the Bot House of Bostrevor with all 

 sorts of the blue and white ware made there, or English earthenware, where a 

 warehouse will be kept." 



In the Broceedings of the Dublin Society, dated April 1st, 1742, it is 

 recorded that : " William Bright produced two complete sets of earthenware 

 for the premium and Mr. William Lake one ; Mr. Lake's was allowed to have 

 the advantage of colour, but Mr. Bright's being thought the better set on the 

 whole the premium was adjudged to him." 



Where William Lake had his factory is not known, as no other reference 

 to him occurs. 



A notice of the Bostrevor Bottery occurs in " The Ancient and Present 

 State of the County of Down," published in 1744. Under the head Bostrevor 

 it is stated that : " At the lower end of the village is a small quay for ships, 

 and here is also a salt house and a pottery for white earthenware made of the 

 fine clay found near Carrickfergus, and frequently exported to foreign parts." 

 Almost identical references to this pottery are to be found in John Angel's 

 " A General History of Ireland," published in 1781, and in Wilson's 



