FALSGRAVE POTTERY. 
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Mr. Nesfield’s expense. The works seem to have extended from 
New Queen Street to Mulgrave Terrace. They must often have 
been seriously interrupted, and probably owe their ultimate ex¬ 
tinction to this inconvenient proximity to such scenes of strife as 
those enacted round the castle. 
In the Scarborough Museum is an Aquamanile, a curious very 
early vessel, which was doubtless made there. It is in the form 
of an animal, most probably a ram, with a twisted horn, but 
unfortunately its handle and other parts are imperfect. It is 
covered with a rich green glaze. Fragments of similar vessels 
have been found in York, and are in our Collection. 
Fig. 18. Bowl. Scarborough Museum Collection. 
FERRYBRIDGE & KNOTTINGLEY POTTERY. 
Thoresby records that Francis Place, of the Manor House at 
York, spent much money upon his manufacture of “ fine muggs,” 
and that he attempted it solely from a turn for experiments ; but 
one Clifton, of Pontefract, took the hint from him, and made a 
fortune by it. 
The works of Clifton would probably be the forerunners of those 
at Ferrybridge, near the town ot liquorice, so famous for its 
“ Pomfret cakes.” 
The pot works at Ferrybridge are amongst the largest in York¬ 
shire. They were established in 1792 by Mr. William Tomlinson, 
whose partners w T ere Mr. Seaton, banker, of Pontefract ; Mr. 
Foster, ship-owner, of Selby ; Mr. Timothy Smith, a coal pro¬ 
prietor ; and Mr. Thompson, of independent means, of Selby. 
