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YORKSHIRE POTTERIES, ETC. 
which was ultimately thrown into Chancery and a large portion 
of the stock sold off. 
In 1825 the affair was got out of Chancer) 7 , and passed by 
purchase into the hands of Mr. Samuel Wainwright, one of the 
partners. Shortly after this Mr. Wain wright took other partners, 
and traded under the style of “ Wainwright and Co." Samuel 
Wain wright died during the terrible cholera epidemic which raged 
in the district in 1834, and the trustees carried on the business 
under the style of “ The Leeds Pottery Company,'’ and employed 
Stephen Chappell, who had been head cashier under Wainwright 
and Co., as their sole manager. 
Fig. 36. Chestnut Basket and Stand. York Museum Collection. 
This arrangement continued until the year 1840, when the 
trustees transferred the whole concern to Chappell who obtained 
it on very advantageous terms. Shortly after this his brother 
James became a partner in the concern, the firm then consisting 
simply of “ Stephen and James Chappell,” who continued the works 
until 1847, when they became bankrupt. The pottery was then 
carried on for about three years for the benefit of the creditors by 
the assignees, under the management of Mr. Richard Britton, who 
had for some time held a confidential position with Mr. Chappell. 
