DON POTTERY. 
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The next two marks were adopted by the firm after it had become 
Samuel Barker and Son in 1851, namely, an Eagle displayed 
rising out of a ducal coronet, and the demi-lion rampant holding 
in his paws the pennon enclosed within a garter, beneath which are 
the initials of the firm S. B. & S. both in blue transfer. Fig. 17. 
Fig. 17. 
ECCLESHILL POTTERY. 
Situated near Bradford, the Manor House Potteries at Eccles- 
hill were established about the year 1835, and were carried on as a 
manufactory of stoneware until the year 1867 under the proprietor¬ 
ship of a Mr. Woodhead, whose object was to utilize the bed of 
fireclay found in the locality. The venture had not, unfortunately, 
the success which it deserved. Much of the pottery made is of 
exceptionally good design and quality, and compares quite favour¬ 
ably with the celebrated Nottingham and Brampton stonewares, 
with which it is frequently confused, as no distinguishing mark was 
used at Eccleshill. 
Articles of great variety were made, consisting of household 
utensils, ornaments, garden vases, etc., as well as busts and 
statuettes of celebrated people of the early 19th century, viz. : 
Nelson, Wellington, Burns, Byron, Scott and others, these ranging 
in size from a few inches to several feet ; jugs, cradles, knife- 
boxes, salt-kits, etc., were also made here, and puzzle jugs with 
raised figures round the belly. 
Mr. Herbert Maltby, curator of the Bolling Hall Museum, 
Bradford, to whom I am indebted for most of the above informa¬ 
tion, tells me that all the objects were salt-glazed, and of brown 
stoneware. In common with all the other neighbouring potteries 
at Howcans, Denholme, Thornton, Elland, etc., the trade was 
eventually killed by the markets being supplied by a better and 
cheaper ware from Staffordshire. 
There are several fine pieces of Eccleshill ware in the Bolling 
Hall Museum. 
