HULL POTTERY. 
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In 1826 Mr. William Bell became the proprietor of the works, 
and by him they were much extended, and operations were carried 
on on a large scale, chiefly for export, the principle part of the 
trade being with Hamburg, where his brother, Mr. Edward Bell 
was in business, and a large German and Dutch trade was done 
through his means. The works were closed in 1841. 
Fig. 29. Plate. Hull Museum Collection. 
A large variety of different kinds of ware were produced at Hull, 
and it is somewhat strange that marked pieces are so difficult to 
obtain. One notable dinner service was made to commemorate 
an exploit in connection with the noted pirate, Paul Jones, and 
was made for the owner or family of the owner of the merchant 
ship, the “ Crow Isle.” Only one plate of this service is now 
known to exist, and this is preserved in the El nil Museum, to 
which it was presented by the late Mr. Charles Hassell, grandson 
to the late Mr. Francis Hall, of Hull, who was the owner of the 
“ Crow Isle,” Baltic trader. 
In the centre is represented the “ Crow Isle ” successfully beat¬ 
ing off Paul Jones on its homeward voyage when off the York¬ 
shire coast in 1779. 
