PREFACE. 
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To Mr. H. M. Loadman, Stonegate, York, I am greatly 
indebted for the loan of the two blocks representing respectively 
the York “Willow” pattern and the ordinary “ Willow” pattern. 
The former, shown on the frontispiece, is a most ingenious idea of 
Mr. Loadman’s, and if a service of plates were made showing this 
particular pattern, they would be of very considerable interest. 
The best account of Yorkshire Pottery in general is to be 
found in Llewellynn Jewitt's “Ceramic Art of Great Britain,” and 
I have drawn upon his pages for much otherwise unobtainable 
information. 
The classic work on Leeds Pottery is that by Messrs. Joseph R. 
and Frank Kidson, and those who would know more of that most 
famous pottery cannot do better than read what these authors 
have to say upon the subject. I am indebted to them for much 
information. 
The article on “ Yorkshire Pottery,” with many illustrations, 
by Dr. Maud Sellers, in the Victoria County History , Vol. II., is 
well worthy of perusal by all who are interested in this subject. 
All the Potteries described are arranged in alphabetical order. 
